Blood and Tears”
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Dedication THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THOSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO WERE KILLED OR MAIMED IN THE Blood AWAMI LEAGUE’S REBELLION AND GENOCIDE AND THE MUKTI BAHINI'S REIGN OF TERROR IN EAST PAKISTAN IN 1971. Qutubuddin Aziz and Tears FIRST EDITION 1974 Qutubuddin Aziz Book Published by Publications Division of the 170 eye-witness accounts of the atrocities committed on United Press of Pakistan Ltd. West Pakistanis, Biharis and other non-Bengalis and pro- 1, Victoria Chambers, Abdullah Haroon Road, Pakistan Bengalis in 55 towns of East Pakistan by Awami Karachi-3, Pakistan League militants and other rebels in March-April, 1971. Published Electronically by www.storyofbangladesh.com REVIEW CONTENTS For the first time, the pathetic, grisly and untold story of the massacre of INTRODUCTION 1 more than half a million non-Bengalis and pro-Pakistan Bengalis by the Why the slaughter of non- Bengalis was not reported in Awami League-led insurgents in East Pakistan (breakaway Bangladesh) March 1971? — refugees from Awami League terror flee to in March-April, 1971, is bared in “BLOOD AND TEARS”. The details West Pakistan — Bengali militants manhandle New York of the genocide waged by the rebels in those murderous months were Times woman reporter in Dacca — Indian-inspired smear concealed from the people of West Pakistan by the then federal campaign against Pakistan in Western Europe and USA. CHAPTER ONE: Ides of March in Dacca 15 government to prevent reprisals against the local Bengalis and also not to wreck the prospects of a negotiated settlement with the Awami General Yahya’s National Assembly postponement broadcast — Awami League’s rebellion and parallel League. The danger of such a reprisal has now been eliminated by the government in East Pakistan — Non-Bengalis kidnapped repatriation to Bangladesh from Pakistan of all the Bengalis who wished for ransom — London’s Sunday Times says 100,000 non- to go there. The 170 eye-witnesses, whose tragic accounts of their Bengalis massacred — hostage escapes death in Jagannath splintered and trauma-stricken lives are contained in this book, were Hall abattoir — journalist’s wife describes husband’s picked from amongst nearly 5000 families repatriated to Pakistan from murder. Bangladesh between the autumn of 1973 and the spring of 1974. CHAPTER TWO: Terror in Narayanganj 44 Although they hail from 55 towns of East Pakistan, their narratives and Killer gangs on the loose — slaughter in Fabric Factory — the published dispatches of foreign newsmen quoted in this book, cover two non-Bengali captive girls raped in a bus — rebels 110 places where the slaughter of the innocents took place. The majority march 500 wailing Bihari women and children. of eyewitnesses consist of the parents who saw their children slam, the CHAPTER THREE: Human Abattoirs in Chittagong 48 wives who were forced by the rebels to witness the murder of their Massacre of non-Bengalis in Wireless and Ferozeshah husbands, the girls who were ravished and the rare escapees from the Colonies, Raufabad. Halishahar, Pahartali, Kalurghat and rebel-operated human slaughterhouses. While the focus in “Blood and Dotala — M. R. Siddiki, the “Butcher of Chittagong” — Tears” is on the rebels’ atrocities in the infernal March-April, 1971, corpses flung into Karnaphuli river or burnt — period, the brutality of the Indian-trained Bengali guerrilla force, the slaughterhouses in Ispahani Jute Mills and Awami League Mukti Bahini, after India’s armed grab of East Pakistan on December HQ — mass sex assault chambers for ravishing non-Bengali 17th 1971, is also recounted, though in less detail. The book highlights captive girls — foreign press reports on Chittagong killings — Pro-Pakistan Bengali murdered at Port—rescue of the courage and heroism of many Bengalis who saved their non-Bengali incarcerated Bihari women from dungeon. friends from the fire and fury of the bloodthirsty insurgents. CHAPTER FOUR: Massacres in Chandraghona, 80 Rangamati Widow tells of husband’s kidnapping — burning and looting of non-Bengali houses — captive women and children, herded in Camp for slaughter, rescued by Pakistan London Times reports on Hilli murders. Army — killings in Paper and Rayon Mill. CHAPTER TEN: Slaughter in Laksham, Rajbari 124 CHAPTER FIVE: Fire and Death in Khulna 83 Butchery in non-Bengali settlements in Laksham — Killing Telephone Exchange wrecked by rebels — non-Bengali of non-Bengali Railway employees — killer gang kidnaps hotel burnt — March 23 massacre in non-Bengali non-Bengali girls in Rajbari —terrorised non-Bengali settlements — foreign press reports — slayings in Daulatpur women flee to Goal undo — terror in Faridpur. and Khalispur — Riverside slaughter-houses and human CHAPTER ELEVEN: Brutality in Kushtia 128 abattoir in jute mill — torture methods such as eye-gouging —killings in Pholtala, Bagerhat. Genocide against non-Bengalis — mass murders in Harding Bridge Colony — corpses thrown in Ganges River — CHAPTER SIX: Satkhira Aflame 95 dramatic breakthrough of captive Bihari women and Indian help to rebels — armed infiltrators — captive, children, herded in school building — slaughter in bleeding Sub-Divisional Officer dragged through streets — Arwapara and Thanapara — massacre of non-Bengali men killer gang hurls non-Bengalis into blazing jute godown — in Kushtia jail — sadists singe skin of non-Bengali victims rebels carve “Joi Bangla” on foreheads of captive women — with burning cigarettes — wombs of pregnant women rebels flee to India. ripped open. CHAPTER SEVEN: Hell in Dinajpur 98 CHAPTER TWELVE: Butchery in Chuadanga 133 Mob burns non-Bengalis in bus — postal van ambushed — Slayings in Murghi Patti colony — rebel attack on Railway gruesome murder of 250 Pathans by rebels of East Pakistan station and slaughter of non-Bengali staff — assault on Rifles — killings in Neelmati—rebels parade 400 naked, captive nonBengali girls in school building — torture of captive Bihari women — Army rescues girl survivors — West Pakistani Officer. slayings in Paharpur— slaughter-house on bank of Kanchan CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Killer gangs in Meherpur, 136 River — fiendish torture methods— Hindu militants in Zafarkandi killer gags— Rebels torture Bengalis who protected non- Slaughter of non-Bengalis in Jute Mill in Meherpur —killer Bengali friends — killings in other towns. gangs machine-gun victims escaping from blazing houses CHAPTER EIGHT: Carnage in Parbatipur 116 — non-Bengali girls kidnapped, raped and shot —non- Non-Bengali Railway employees and families butchered — Bengali population liquidated in Zafarkandi. killings in train from Ishurdi — mass slaughter of non- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Mass Murder in Ishurdi 138 Bengalis early in April — Mukti Bahini slayings in Very few survived carnage of non-Bengalis — anti-Bihari December — terrorised women flee to Saidpur. slogans on placards atop mounds of non-Bengali corpses — CHAPTER NINE: Slayings in Thakurgaon, Hilli 120 slaughter in Pachchum Tengri Colony. Massacre of non-Bengalis in Rahmatganj — killing in CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Persecution in Paksey 140 Mosque — Bengali saves non-Bengali friend — murders in Agony of wailing non-Bengali widows and orphans herded Hilli, Phulbari, Ponchagarh and Chaur Kai — April 6 in mosque — 15-year-old boy esapes massacre with little sister — adult male non-Bengalis killed. CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Terror Rule in Noakhali 143 East Bengal Regiment rebels murder West Pakistani officers Operation loot, burn and kill against non-Bengalis — — Hindus and armed Indian infiltrators abet murder of non- butchery in apartment house — Bengali shelters non- Bengalis— blockade of Army cantonment —Bengali rebels Bengali from rebels. kill Italian Priest Rev. Mario Veronesi. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Sorrows of Sylhet 145 CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: Suffering in Narail 173 Awami Leaguers incite tea garden labour to kill non- Hindus helped rebels in slaughtering non-Bengalis - Bengalis — rebels butcher non-Bengali couple but Bengali aloyings in Molvipara — Islam-loving Bengalis butchered maid servant shields their children. by rebels — non-Bengalis liquidated in Mujgunni and Sonadanga — very few non-Bengalis survived massacres. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Shootings in Molvi Bazar, 148 Bheramara CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: Decimation in 176 Bejardanga, Jhenidah Rebels force victims to dig graves be:ore liquidation — nonBengalis herded at riverbank and gunned — young Rebels liquidate non-Bengali railway employees and their wdow tells of husband’s murder and her rape by killers — families at Railway station — rail track wrecked — raids on butchery in Narkuldanga. non-Bengalis in Cadet College at Jhenidah. CHAPTER NINETEEN: Death Stalks Rangpur 153 CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: Bloodbath in Noapara, 179 Darsana Carnage in Alamnagar Colony — Bihari settlements wiped out — non-Bengali women survivors herded in Iqbal High All non-Bengali staff in Carpeting Mill at Noapara School, some raped and many shot by rebels. slaughtered — Bengali family shields daughter of murdered non-Bengali friend — march of captive non-Bengali girls in CHAPTER TWENTY: Gunfire Ravages Nilphamari, 156 Noapara Bazar — ransom from kidnapped non-Bengali Saidpur businessmen — non-Bengali settlements in Darsana wiped Brutal killings of non-Bengalis — horror in Kopilmoni — out. bodies of ravished, dead girls float in tanks — non-Bengali CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: Destruction in Barisal 183 railway employees in Saidpur massacred. Mid-stream massacre of non-Bengalis in steamer — Bengali CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Killings In Lalmonirhat 160 bargeman saves lone