'Urgent... Kasem Sahib... One representative from other part (non-official) came here and informed that somebody will meet with you or Captain Sahib with us for urgent discussions regarding supply of heavy arms. I have given him time that you and myself will reach Mohodipur at 12 a. m. tomorrow. This is non-official arms help to us. So please reach here by night'.
N.B. Dr Mantu today again went to other part, "The letter was recovered from the house of the addressee, one Mr. Kasem. Dated 8 April, 1971, it is written on printed writing pad of “Purbo Pak Awami League, Nawab Ganj, District Rajshahi On its left flank is printed the names of President and General Secretary of the Nawabganj Awami League. President's name is given as Alhaj R aisuddin. Ahmed MNA, and Secretarys as Dr. A.M. Misbah-ulHaque, MPA.
"Included among the civilians who testify to armed Indian infiltration are: Mr. Akhtar Ahad, a politician who advocates separate province for North Bengal, Mr. Marghub Murshed, Additional Deputy Commissioner and son of former Chief Justice of East Pakistan, Mrs. Husan Ara Rashid, wife of Deputy Commissioner, Rajshahi, and Mr. Mohammad Saifullah, Regional Director, Rajshahi Station of Radio Pakistan. I met all these persons individually, plus many more in the area".
Firing Squad Men spoke Central Indian Dialect
"Mr. Akhtar Ahad would not have been alive today but for the -are shrewdness he managed to pluck in a deadly situation. He and four others were hounded out by Awami Leaguers and handed over to army men whose uniform; Mr. Akhtar said, was unmistakably Indian.They carried Tommy guns and wore camouflage steel helmets.
"The Indian army-men who spoke Central Indian dialect formed themselves into a firing squad and made the five victims sit in an open plot near the New Market".
"The five were asked to bow their heads. Akhtar Ahad said he knew death was knocking but could not help it. Suddenly, he heard the Indians fire tommy-gun shots and he along with four others fell flat".
"Mr. Akhtar instantly felt he was alive but pretended to be dead. Then the firing squad men were heard saying their time had run out and left the place after about seven minutes, leaving them there. When they had gone he saw that his entire jaw and right were profusely bleeding. When I went to see him at one of his friend's house, I found him sitting in a chair with bandaged jaw and thigh. He told me he was out of danger but was extremely worried about one of his sisters in Kushtia, whose whereabouts were not known to him.
Troops in Olive Green Uniforms
"Mr. Marghub Murshed and Mrs. Rashid gave me almost identical eye witness accounts because when the Indian army men came to the D. C's house they were in the same house, since Mr. Rashidul Hasan was out of town on an official assignment, and
