২৭ ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭১

December 27, 1971

 

• RK Karanjia, an investigative journalist and the founder of Indian weekly tabloid Blitz, writes an article on the Liberation War in Bangladesh. In his article he says that Pakistan army should not be treated as war prisoners but as war criminals. According to the Geneva Convention, they could not get the honour. They were cold-blooded killers who bombed an orphanage with an aircraft and two attack helicopters in Dhaka to blame India in front of China and the US. Many children were kill in that incident, which was approved by many journalists.Pakistan army kill 36 wounded Indian troops in Kamalapur. They hoisted white flag to mark Indian army’s position, Karanjia says.

 

• General Manekshaw meets President Syed Nazrul Islam, Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmad and commander-in-chief Col MAG Osmani individually.

 

• PakistanPresident Bhutto meets Bangabandhu in Rawalpindi, but the follow-up of the meeting was unknown, a BBC report says.

 

• Provisional President Syed Nazrul Islam says in a meeting at Awami League’s HQ in Purana Paltan that diplomatic conversation is underway to free Bangabandhu. Pakistan could not keep the president of a free country for long, he says.

 

• More alleged collaborators arrested: Dr Hasan Zaman, former director of Pakistan Academy, Nasiruddin Ahmad Chowdhury, former minister, Maolana Atahar Ali from Kishoreganj town, Maolana Sayedur Rahman, Mymensingh town, Bahauddin Ahmad, former additional SP of Sylhet, Md SB Doza, CO, Dhaka Kotwali, Nurul Amin, superintendant of Tejgaon Telephone Workshop, Shahabuddin, foreman, Dhaka Electric Supply, Maolana Bazlur Rahman from Doyapur, Comilla, SM Mujtaba Khurshid, former OC of Lalbagh PS, SI Yusuf Ali Chowdhury, former OC, Kaliganj PS, SI Md Isahaq, former OC, Mohammadpur PS, Habildar Nawab Khan, EPCAF, Shami, Mujahid Commander in Mirpur, Md Akil, Mujahid in Mirpur, Md Ali, Mujahid in Mirpur, Abdul Aziz Manna, Mujahid in Mirpur, Shur Mohammad, Mujahid in Mirpur, Shahabuddin, agent of Pakistan army, Abdul Zahir, Razakar, Noakhali, Anka Ohee, Razakar, CHT, Abul Bashar Md Shahjahan, Al-Badr member, Feni, Syed Md Mohen Kader from Mohammadpur, Anisur Rahman, commander of Al-Badr, Bilal Hossain, commander of Al-Badr, SA Siddiqui, commander of Al-Badr, ABM Khalek Majumder, Al-Badr, Omar Hayat from Mirpur, Sirajuddin, member of Peace Committee, Ashraf Ali, member of Al-Badr, Faridabad, SM Munibul Haq, convener of Peace Committee, Syed Ershad Hossain, Tejgaon , Dhaka, Syed Md Mohsin, member of Al-Badr, Mohammadpur and Mohammad Hanif from Mirpur.