mortars, Pakistani areas (QT 7542) and (QT 7642) near Benapole in district Jessore without any provocation.
(ii) On June 17, Indian BSF personnel unlawfully trespassed into Pakistan territory and killed two civilians of village Phudimari (RF 6898) in district Mymensingh.
(iii) On June 17, BOP Kamalpur (QE 8512) in district Mymensingh was subjected to unprovoked firing by small arms and mortars from 0530 hours to 0600 hours and again from 1140 hours to 1200 hours. Due to this incident 2 persons were killed and four wounded.
(iv) On June 17, a Pakistan patrol party was fired upon near Benapole in district Jessore.
(v) On the night between the 17th and 18th June BOP Kamalpur (QE 8512) in Mymensingh district was once again subjected to unprovoked heavy mortar shelling and small arms fire by the Indian army.
(vi) On June 18, (RR 3499) in Comilla district was fired upon by mortars and small arms fire by the Indian armed personnel. As a result of this incident four persons received serious wounds.
(vii) On June 18, Saldanadi area (RM 2818) in district Comilla, Benapole and Maslia area (QT 8665) in district Jessore and Chatalpur area (RH 1703) in Sylhet district, East Pakistan, were subjected, to shelling by field artillery, mortars and small arms fire by the Indian army without any provocation.
(viii) On June 18, Indian armed personnel also fired 100 rounds of 3-inch mortars on BOP Kishoriganj (QD 3158) in Dinajpur district. India has, however, paid no heed and has gone on with its blatant intervention in Pakistan's internal affairs and territory.
India’s Real Aim'
What is India's real aim? On 2 April 1971, an Indian paper Free Press Journal said “Our (India's) actions must be consciously and intelligently directed to weakening Pakistan", adding that: “A Grateful East Bengal might also be willing permanently to recognise Indian sovereignty over Kashmir". Two days earlier, on 30 March 1971, the Bombay daily Indian Express had openly advocated India's armed interfernce in East Pakistan in these words: “It is a truly historic moment, and the time to act is now". And on 7 April 1971, the Director of the Indian Institute for Defence Studies, Mr. Subramaniam, in a reference to the India-backed armed rebellion in East Pakistan, had said that" What India must realise is the fact that the breakup of Pakistan is in our interest and we have an opportunity he like of which will never come again".
In a recent article published in the Indian daily Motherland on 15 June 1971, another Indian commentator, Subramaniam Swamy, argued that “the territorial integrity of Pakistan is none of our business. That is Pakistan's worry. All we should concern ourselves with is two questions: Is the break-up of Pakistan in our long term national
