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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Re: [chottala.com] How India created Bangladesh & lessons for Sri Lanka





Dear dina khan I fully agree with your viewpoint but could not agree when you mentioned in India there were minority people of Bangla language. When we consider in united Pakistan Bangla language was not a language of minority people rather this Bangla language people in the whole of Pakistan were the language of majority people more than the urdu speaking people of whole of Pakistan. Bangla Language may be minority people language in India but not in Pakistan where Urdu speakers (Panjabi, Pathans, Sindhi, Baluchi and multi language societies)  were minority in comparison to Bangla speaking people. 

The creation of Pakistan overwhelmingly supported by the Muslims of Bengal just to make a separate Muslim state in India and that was spoiled by the foolish Muslim rulers of that part of Pakistan I mean the foolish Muslims of West Pakistan and few foolish Pakistani Generals in association with that mad hatter and power hunger man Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Pakistan was not created on language basis but on Muslim ideology but the Pakistani rulers neglecting the majority Bengalees tried to impose their minority Urdu language over the people of majority Bengalees of East Pakistan.  

Pakistan was created because of the sacrifices of millions of Muslims of territories that went on to constitute East and West Pakistan. After the independence of Pakistan, East Pakistan now Bangladesh played a tremendous role in the country's affairs especially in foreign currencies earning by exporting jute, leathers and others. 

I really feel pity for the Indian's left out Muslims who could not be able to migrate and suffered and still suffering a lot in the hands of fanatic Hindus as it happened in  Gujarat and other parts of India every now and then without the knowledge to the outside world. Those who were lucky enough to be able to migrate in West Pakistan commonly known as Mohajirs or Hidustani and migrated Muslims in East Pakistan mostly from Bihars used to be named as Biharis over there. 

The Muslims from India who entered in West Pakistan Karachi, Sindh province mostly from Hyderabad and western part of India still considered to be the 3rd class citizen and most neglected and hated types of society by the Pakistanis up till now. Whereas Biharis who entered in East Pakistan in mass were accepted by the Bengalis from the very beginning as their migrated Muslim brothers and co-operated with them in all possible ways they can do at that time. In the beginning the Biharis did not have any land or neither possessing any land of their own. The Bengalees gave them shelter by giving their own land in spite of the facts they had little land to share because their territory of 54,000 squire miles was the most thickly populated in the world. They also helped them in getting jobs and co-operated with them in all possible ways to all spheres of their lives. The Bengalis did this in view of the Islamic ideology and because they advocate the unity and political advancement and uplift-men  of the Muslim Ummah. 

Dr. Siraj Uddowllah.


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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:59:30 -0700
Subject: Re: [chottala.com] How India created Bangladesh & lessons for Sri Lanka

 

Pakistan was created under division of India in 1947 making foolish Muslims and making Bengali people  and Bangla language minority people  Language in India for Hindi making state language of India and Urdu for Pakistan..
After division of India Muslims people in India lost their property and birth right  in all over of India and being migrated  from India to West and East Pakistan lost their life and property.


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Subject: [chottala.com] How India created Bangladesh & lessons for Sri Lanka

My comments are inserted below.

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@...> wrote:
>
> *How India created Bangladesh & lessons for Sri Lanka*
>
>   By Shenali Waduge
>
> With a population of 1.2billion living across a landmass of 2973190 square
> kilometers, there is no denying India's power. Yet, if not for its
> inferiority we cannot comprehend why India would desire to adopt a
> consistent policy and go to great lengths to destabilize each of its
> neighbors whilst pretending to be their friend.
.
TURKMAN: Why was not India pretending to be Friend of Pakistan before 1971? Had Pakistan not declared India her Birth Enemy before all this?
----------
 Diplomacy is one thing but to know that men and material are being used to destroy a neighboring nation simply does not justify any of the excuses India gives purely to deceive the masses and gain international prestige for itself.
>
TURKMAN: What 'Material' was India using to destroy Pakistan?
-----------
> The example of Bangladesh is perfect to describe the birth of Indian intelligence agency RAW tasked to partition Pakistan and create Bangladesh in 1971. It was in 1947 that 2 different countries were created – Pakistan and India. Muslims were divided into 2 countries bearing 2 different nationalities. West Pakistan was dominated by Punjabi's while East Pakistan was the home to Sindhis, Pathans, Balochis and Mohajirs.
>
TURKMAN: Thanks for letting us know that Sindhis, Pathans, Balochis and Mohajirs did not live in West Pakistan. Nobody knows this.
-------
> What we are taught to believe is that Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibar Rehman resented political power vested with West Pakistan elite and had formed the Awami League demanding autonomy for East Pakistan and though he won the 1970 general election, he was put in jail leading to the Bangladesh Liberation War which created Bangladesh. A missing piece in this incident is the role India's intelligence played.
>
TURKMAN: Oh don't we know, India had turned majority of Pakistanis, the Bengalis in to her Agents before Awami League won, right? India had first ordered Punjabis to discriminate against Bengalis make East Pakistan become a lot poorer than West Pakistan also to cause dissent, right?
----------
> By creating Bangladesh, India also created an enemy in Pakistan.
.
TURKMAN: Oh sure, before India created Bangladesh, Pakistan used to be a good Friend of India and had not fought against India in 1948 and Pakistan had not covertly attacked India in 1965. India created an Enemy in Pakistan only in 1971, right Liar?
---------
 No formal ties will erase the hate Pakistan has against India.
>
> The resentment of East Pakistan towards West Pakistan was triggered by none other than India's RAW using the card of "discrimination" similar to what they used against the Sinhalese by the Tamils.
>
TURKMAN: But who had given that Card of "Discrimination" to India if saintly West Pakistanis were never discriminating against Bengalis since birth of Pakistan?
----------
> What India eventually did was to protect Awami League leaders, train and armed the insurgents which ultimately led to the disintegration of East Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh.
>
TURKMAN: If Awami League Leaders were under Indian Protection, how the hell they had gotten arrested so easily by Paki Army Soldiers? Which Bengalis were trained by India before Army Action started against them in March, 1971? What the hell 'MookTi Bhaiyini' had accomplished until Indian Attack on East Pakistan? Which village had gone on its control, forget about cities?
---------
> The Bangladesh breakup according to B. Raman's book "The Kaoboys of R&AW" the break up of East Pakistan was carried out in 2 phases by Indira Gandhi and the RAW. Phase 1 was coordinated by Kao and phase 2 by Field Marshal Sham Manekshaw. RAW trained and supplied arms to Bengali anti-Pakistan militants. Indira Gandhi was given bugged conversations of top Pakistani officials. RAW had even funded Mujibur Rahman's general election in 1970 and trained and armed the Mukti Bahini that RAW officers set up using Bengali refugees.
.
TURKMAN: Yeah, but all this would not have happened if West Pakistanis had treated Bengalis as their brothers. Awami League would not have won if Bengalis were not mad at their Rulers in West Pakistan. RAW could not have done nothing even if all accusations against India are correct because time proved, RAW has not done anything against Punjabi Rule in Pakistan from 1972 to now and they have kept ruling Pakistan against wishes of 56% of Pakistan's present Non Punjabi Population. If RAW had funded Sh. Mujib before 1970 Elections, why had Pakistan not banned Awami League?
----------
 How many illegal refugees do we have in Sri Lanka – the people that our army rescued and what is their role like to be in future unless checked. Is it not for this reason that India insists on demilitarizing the North?
>
TURKMAN: I have no idea, what the hell you are talking about here.
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> RAW continued its presence in Bangladesh even after the latters
> independence by training Chakma tribes and Shanti Bahini to carry out subversive activities in Bangladesh.
>
TURKMAN: What Evidence you have to prove this?
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> Similar to how India forcefully made Sri Lanka sign the Indo-Lanka
> Agreement and make constitutional changes, India put forward a 7-point agreement prior to Indian army overrunning the Pakistan army in just 2 weeks to create Bangladesh after obtaining a security guarantee from former Soviet Union in case of American interference. That 7 point plan included the following:
.
TURKMAN: I had no idea you make up all this stuff out of thin Air. Yes, India was so scared of USA despite that Pakistan had kicked all Americans out of Pakistan and had very strained relations with USA that she had gotten USSR to sign a 25 year Defense Agreement so, USA would not intervene. I am not reading rest of your B.S. supplied to you by ISI of Pakistan, who you work for. Bye.
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> 1. Bangladesh Government had to select only those who participated in the liberation war to its administrative posts and shortfalls had to be filled by Indian officials.
>
> 2. Joint force comprising Indian army and Mukti Bahini under the command of
> Indian Army chief to lead the liberation war.
>
> 3. Bangladesh to have no standing army.
>
> 4. India to raise paramilitary force to protect internal law and order of
> Bangladesh.
>
> 5. Open market subject to periodical reviews.
>
> 6. Indian army to be stationed indefinitely in Bangladesh
>
> 7. Bangladesh's foreign policy to be determined only in consultation with
> India.
>
> This is how India strategically trapped Bangladesh who was taught to think
> that it owed India for liberating it. India went on to tie Bangladesh
> further by signing a "25 year friendship treaty" which further strangulated
> any desire for liberty on the part of Bangladesh. In short Bangladesh could
> not do anything without the concurrence of India. Thus, India made sure
> that Bangladesh was nothing but India's poodle.
>
> Yet a military coup took place in 1975 against corruption and dissolving of
> Parliament to create a one party rule. The new government commenced ties
> with China, USA, Europe and Middle East to diminish Indian influence with
> resulted in further Indian angst.
>
> Bangladesh like Sri Lanka is important for India because it is a strategic
> corridor between India and North East. Bangladesh also provides a bridge
> between SAARC and ASEAN nations and is a key marine resource provider. Its
> sea ports are important for trade as China is also aware. In short
> Bangladesh is the most cost effective route for India to import gas from
> Myanmar.
>
> Similar to some of the antics India pulls upon Sri Lanka has been what
> Bangladesh experienced when it attempted to break away from Indian
> influence. Border disputes are issues which India defers to solve much like
> what Sri Lanka is experiencing with Tamil Nadu fishermen. Then there is
> India's border security and deployment of navy near South Talpatty as well
> as India's support towards secessionist movements in Chittagong Hill Tracks
> going so far as to provide money & arms. Isn't this what India did in Sri
> Lanka?
>
> As in Sri Lanka's case, India keeps using its media to invent fictitious
> stories about how both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are a threat to India's
> security interests to pressurize these Governments into functioning
> according to Indian dictates.
>
> Bangladesh nor Sri Lanka can adapt a single strategy to deal with a country
> as large as India unless the neighbors tie together against India. All the
> SAARC nations have experienced India's backstabbing techniques. It hired
> the LTTE to storm Maldives and then pretended to save Maldives. More
> recently India has sided with the US to oust President Nasheed and install
> a puppet leader. There was also rumors of an LTTE plot to kill Bangladesh's
> Sheikh Hasina in 1999 for a payment of $10m. It does all types of
> activities to keep Nepal from developing & the list goes on.
>
> In Sri Lanka's case what first angered India appears to have been the Sri
> Lankan Government's decision to allow refueling facilities to Pakistan's
> civil and military aircraft and ships during the Indo-Pak war of 1971.
> India was also angered when Sri Lanka permitted Israel to establish
> intelligence presence and Sri Lanka permitted Voice of America to be
> installed on the island. These have been called the "irritants" that
> translated into the Indira Doctrine and Sri Lanka becoming the target of
> RAW's destabilizing policy.
>
> This surely must mean that India can be charged for state funded terrorism
> because with RAW's supervision camps were set up in Tamil Nadu, former RAQ
> trainers were re-employed to train Tamil militant groups at centers in
> Gunda and Gorakhpur.
>
> The covert operation in Sri Lanka found the RAW taking the situation into
> its own hand by contravening its foreign policy and former Indian High
> Commissioner is said to have even accused RAW of giving 10m rupees to LTTE.
>
> With RAW mandated to destabilize Sri Lanka, it went on to build up EPRLF,
> ENDLF to create further dissent by challenging the LTTE as well. Today, you
> may not see them but one can be sure there are plenty of RAW officers
> around even in the suburbs. How long can India hide that India trained
> Prabakaran & the LTTE?
>
> With all this knowledge if Sri Lanka is going to think that India will say
> "We like you better than Bangladesh or Pakistan and we wont do anything
> harmful ever to our neighbor" – we don't deserve to be called sovereign!
>
> India may like to forget what it did to Sri Lanka because India now stands
> to gain by exerting diplomatic pressures and using its media to reverse its
> own guilt but the people of Sri Lanka know better even if the political
> leaders of Sri Lanka are gullible to all the lies & deceits of India.
>
> What Sri Lanka do leaders must never forget is that the entire drama
> revolving around Geneva was primarily to lay the foundation to oust the
> present Government from power. In such a scenario all the pressures being
> exerted is primarily targeting Sri Lanka's political leaderships and if
> they are naïve enough to forgive, forget and carry on caring less about
> safeguarding the country even the people are likely to lose faith. This is
> exactly what these foreign intelligence agencies currently in Sri Lanka are
> attempting to achieve. What a pity it would be if our leaders carve out
> their own ruin & take the country with them.
>
> Yet, it is still not too late and the people of Sri Lanka will back leaders
> who can do what they achieved in 2009 in a new twist to terrorism coming
> from the diplomatic front to usurp the sovereignty of our nation.Over to
> you for action, Mr. President.
>
>
> *Shenali Waduge is a working mother of two from Sri Lanka. She received her
> Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Delhi in India. She
> has lived abroad in both the UK and India and derives great joy from
> learning about other cultures. Shenali's journalism is an outlet to express
> her desire to see a more fair and just society. A voice for truth, she
> covers politics, social change, culture, women's issues and education.
> Shenali regularly contributes to the Asian Tribune and Lankaweb. Shenali is
> also an artist and volunteers her time to programs that help the needy in
> Sri Lanka. Her dream is to see a world without armaments, without strife
> and with the freedom for all to experience world cultures.*
>
> http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2012/03/25/how-india-created-bangladesh-lessons-for-sri-lanka/
> http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2012/03/25/how-india-created-bangladesh-lessons-sri-lanka





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Re: [chottala.com] TAJUDDIN AHAMED'S SEVEN-POINT AGREEMENT WITH INDRA GANDHI




Indeed a very thoughtful article requires thoughtful response. I Guess you had to be in TAJUDDINS state of mind to make the decision, the thing is was having killed the way to address the issue. Though I have no reason to question the aggrement signed and its validity, I would still like to see a signed copy to belive so. Even at that I would like to analyze the situation...
 
Lets look at authors claim that as some where it States Sheikh Mujib got along with Zia Though he made his much proclamation of independence on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman... Much talked about Sheikh Mujib negotating with West until 17 March or so..even at that in his 7th March Speech..Sheikh Mujib did " Ask for every one to BUILT A FORTRESS IN THEIR HOUSE' In warfare terminology that is a very defensive posture then an offensive posture. We even had Bangladesh Own Flag back then, Red & Green with Map of Bangladesh. I wonder who designed that flag... If everything was goody goody between Zia & Sheikh Mujib..Sheikh Mujib would have assigned Zia as Cheif of Staff then Gen Safiullaha who rumored to be junior then Zia. In militiry terminology it was SNUB. In similar situation many would have resigned and opted out of military.it is the lust of POWER...It is just a matter of Full Col Osmani & Major Zia affair if any...their may be justifiable reason why my deceassed father passed up on a qualified Military personel as suitor for my sister, he made it know he did not like Military life style..they have pros and cons and they are changing too..
 
Major Jalil fought in Chittagong Sector as Mukti Bahani, could have joined Mujib administration same rank as Zia during the war..decided to Join with JASAD...then with ..Justice B. A Chowdhuries Muslim League..he was incacerated..do not know in court martial or not but it is during Zia administration he was incarcerated too. He was not in active duty thus could not have been court martialed...according to after war word Jalil was in the same area..Zia was arround I am sure they knew of each other..Jalail also looked like M. A AZIZ of Chittagong whose son also joined JASAD and contested elections..
 
About INDIRA TAJUDDIN Pact...lets look at it to win the war they had to get sources to supply arms logistics and etc...I was only 10 when war of Bangladesh Happened, though I was not a freedom fighter. I Followed everything that happend very eagerly..
 
You will have to find APPLE MAHMOOD why he sang " MORA EKTEY PHOOL KEY BACHABOY Bole Juddho Kori"...and why did we sing...SHONEY EKTI MUJIBORER THEKEY LOKKHO ...I dont think we sang...Ekti Zia'r thekey...
 
By the way Mrs Ghandi was born Brahmin who married a moslem story had it in a mosque. Who was assasinated in a Sheikh Mutiny...she did quelch Khilistan Movement and sent army in AMRITSAR Holy Shrine. Interesting her party is headed my a Shikh now a days...her two son died one in a plane crash..one ..supposedly by a Tamil he did send Indian military to Sri Lanka..to fend of Tamil guerilla warfare...her husband died in a plane crash too..
 
AMRIT the Lotion Potion that keeps one alive for ever...that every one wishes too...interstingly MODHUSUDHAN's sonnet was named AMRIT AKHAR CHAONDO..a convert to Christianity.
 
Interestingly it was a Shikh General that signed the Pak Army surrender document..I did shake hands with that general..Shikhs also fought British like many as PUJAB was annexed into INDIA...Sheikhs are also as the song Goes PUNJAB & SINDU..Sindu is where Bhutto's are from...
 
India is a free countrty they can build DAM any where they want....if you want to go to war over it go ahead. The thing is Sheikh mujib only goverend 3 year..it has been...41 year since Bangladesh has become independent. of that including this administration...of that only 10 year has been Awami League..28 year of BNP and their allies.
They have done none to solve any of these issue author is talking about now...they also go to India...when they need..Intelligent problem such as DAMs requires Intelligent solution..waiting to India to fllood the land you wish is not going to happen...TITAS EKTI NODIR NAM ( RITIIK GHOTOK)
 
Abouth the Tajuddin Pact signed...
 
lets take the last one..INDIA did not invade as agreement stated when ZIA took power..
Ask survivoirs of Khondoakar Mustaque family a man that apprently repented his role before his death and found out who actually... who CONTROLS the trade...
 
Only thing is Zia family has no repentance they can clap hand in buttock like Jian Bao of China...they give money to Journalist when ever they want to where does this money come from...Nirmal Sen to be specific..who are they trying to buy and why...Tribal insurgency youn will have to get it out of Zia's UPOZILLA YOUTH COORDINATOR...
 
After was it is HENRY claimed Bangladesh to be..BOTTOM LESS BASKET..we were that source less..then why so much blood shed..
 
More on...TAJUDDIN pact
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: Tajuddin Indira Pact by Debasish Barua, USA, in response to Declaration of Independence: The Controversy Continues by Obaid Chowdhury, USA.
 
 
 
 

Dear Mr. Barua,

Thanks for reading my article ‘Declaration of Independence: The Controversy Continues.’
 
Tajuddin-Indira pact was a passing reference in the article. I am glad that it caught your attention, even though you seem have missed the main subject. For your benefit, here are the seven salient points of the Tajuddin-Indira Agreement:
 
1. Bangladesh will have a para-military force to be organized, equipped and supervised by India.

2. Bangladesh will procure all its military requirements from India. 

3. Bangladesh's foreign trade will be controlled by India.

4. Bangladesh's development plans shall be approved by India.

5. Bangladesh's foreign relations shall be guided by India.

6. Bangladesh cannot rescind any part of these agreements without prior approval of India.

7. Indian force shall enter into Bangladesh at any time to crush any resistance or uprising.
 
I do not think they need further explanation.

Mr. Barua, I am not aware how old you were in 1971 and your role in our liberation war. If you are in your 50s or below, it is not expected for you to know or remember what really happened during those days. (I happened to be a small-time freedom fighter and knew some hard facts). If your knowledge of our war and the history of the subcontinent are from reading books, it depended on what books and from which angle you read them. There are much more than what catches the eye. One needs to dig deeper for truth.
 
A highly knowledgeable friend of mine always says, "We fought for independence for one reason (such as we could no longer stay with Pakistan). But India helped us---rather fought its own war with Pakistan---for a totally different reason." In Indira Gandhi's own words, it was for the 'hazaar salon ka badla'. I suppose you are intelligent enough to understand what that badla meant.  
 
Maulan Bhasani once said, "It is India who should be grateful to Bangladesh, not the other way round." He was referring to the huge benefit India gained through the independence of Bangladesh. The breakup of Pakistan and the prospect of making the new country another Sikkim, were just two. The loot of sophisticated huge armaments left by 5 plus Pakistan Army Divisions was another. Major Jalil, 9 Sector Commander, was put on Court Martial because he tried to stop the Indian loot. We have lately seen the use of Bangladesh as corridor to reach India’s inaccessible Seven Sisters. 
 
Nonetheless, we are grateful to India for providing sanctuary and material support in our war. At the same time, we know what cost we had to pay for that. Indira Gandhi's hazaar salon ka badla was not possible without the help of the Mukti Bahini, which fought for 9 months, lost 3 million people---according to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who did not see the war---with colossal collateral damages. When the defeat of the enemy was imminent, India joined the war on December 4, 1971 just to accept the Pakistani surrender in less than two weeks, sidetracking the Mukti Bahini. The helicopter carrying Mukti  Bahini commander Colonel Osmani was shot and disabled over Sylhet so that he could not join the surrender ceremony.
 
When India entered the war in its eastern sector, Niazi’s forces had already lost the fighting capability with no air power. It might have hastened the surrender but the Mukti Bahini lost an edge. The freedom fighters failed to put the Pakistanis to rout, to an utter defeat at their hands. In fact, India saved Pakistanis, not the Bengalis by entering the war in Bangladesh. India's recognition of Bangladesh on December 6 was a de facto arrangement.
 
India's love for Bangladesh is evident from the above 7 points! We have been through more intense love affairs since. The 7 points were expanded into a 25-Year Secret Agreement, according to some subjugation, between Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Indira Gandhi. Farrakka barrage has rendered one-third of Bangladesh into semi deserts with far reaching economic and ecological consequences. Tipaimukh is another similar contraption against Bangladesh and the present Hasina government is gleefully accepting it, as her father Sheikh Mujib did for Farrakka in 1974. The wire fencing, the daily Felani brutality, the seizure of South Talpatti, no water in Teesta, the availing of corridor through Bangladesh almost free, the flooding Bangladesh with phensedyls and other harmful drugs, the Swadhin Bangabhumi, the tribal insurgency in Hill Tracts---do I need to mention more?  
 
Obaid Chowdhury
New York, USA
April 25, 2012


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Tajuddin Ahmad’s seven-point agreement with Indra Gandhi
Abid Bahar

True, "Indian rulers did not want a fully independent and sovereign Bangladesh, but a client state under its hegemony, from the very beginning was made clear in a less publicized seven-point document which Mr. Tajuddin Ahmad, the prime minister of the Bangladesh government-in-exile in India in 1971, was obliged to sign as a condition for India’s direct military campaign in Bangladesh accelerate the defeat and surrender of the Pakistani occupation forces and to install a puppet government in power."(1)
The seven-point document reads as follows [2]:
"(1) A para-military armed force for Bangladesh will be raised under supervision of the Indian military experts; this force shall be stronger and more active than the regular armed forces of Bangladesh .
(2) Bangladesh shall procure all military equipment from India and under planned supervision of the Indian military experts.
(3) Bangladesh shall direct her foreign trade under supervision and control of the Indian government.
(4) Yearly and five-yearly development plans for Bangladesh shall conform to Indian development plans.
(5) Foreign policy of Bangladesh must be compatible with and conform to that of India .
(6) Bangladesh shall not unilaterally rescind any of the treaties without prior approval of the Indian government.
(7) In accordance with the treaties signed before December (1971) war of Pakistan and India , Indian force shall enter into Bangladesjh at any time and shall crush any resistance that may erupt there."

Afsan Chowdhury, wrote: "Indira didn’t have enough confidence in Mujibnagar ( led by Tajuddin) and set up the Bangladesh Liberation Army, Mujibbahini as it was popularly known. It was drawn up of students and youth activists led by one Gen. Ovan, a man who later supervised the raising of the Rakkhi Bahini in Bangladesh. This was done without the knowledge of Tajuddin Ahmed and his allies and many deeply resented it but Indira was buying insurance against the not so dependable allies of 1971. And to her it was India’s war and not anyone else’s.(3) This shows that Indra Gandhi set forth the foundations of Indian hegemony
with Bangladesh.
Alam Mahmud wrote in reaction to people bowing to India and to Indra Gandhi as"the demigod."(4) He says: "History should be assessed with facts not with emotions. We are affected by emotions. Its not honoring the friend rather bowing to the demigod. To me, Bangladesh is a by product of Indo-Pak rivalry which were magnified by the atrocities of hot-headed generals of Pakistan. General DK Palit, a veteran Indian military thinker, stated about 1971 war that the war was over before the battles were won. Indians didn't win the battles but won the war. If you go through world famous military events of that time, the liberation war of Bangladesh has no space but the Indo-Pak war bears the importance. Its their interest to disintegrate Pakistan. They intervened and we are lucky to get a new nation. What Sheikh Mujib wanted is still a mystery. We must celebrate friends but not at the cost of our own existence. Bangladesh could have been an independent state in 1947. Had there been a dominant leadership at that time? ... I think the romance of 1971 is no more relevant today. There are changes in people's mind as well. It will be better to select a middle path to deal with India."
As for Tajuddin, his glorious role in the liberation war must be celebrated but like his master Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib, he was also involved in forgiving corrupted AL goons/ smugglers, one among them was a godfather in Chittagong called Man-serumia who was captured by the Customs in Chittagong but was released by Tajuddin perhaps at the instruction of Bangabandhu Mujib himself. Tajuddin personally visited the custom's office the next day to drop the case entirely. There must be more mystery surrounding behind Tajuddin's sacrifices and betrayals, his rise and fall and his place in ‘the proverbial dustbin of history.


ENDNOTES

[1] K M A Malik, The Sugar-coated Poison India"s offer of ‘help’ to restructure BDR
(2) Oli Ahad, Jatio Rajniti (1945 to 1975), 2nd Ed. , Bangladesh Cooperative Book Society, Dhaka , p. 450. (Cardiff , April 4, 2009)
(3)Afsan Chowdhury,
http://opinion.bdnews24.com/2011/07/25/bangladesh-honours-indira-gandhi%E2%80%99s-1971-war/Afsan Chowdhury,
(4) Indira Gandhi . . . in our collective memory, http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=195763





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[chottala.com] How India created Bangladesh & lessons for Sri Lanka

What Documents are required to prove someone was born in India?
Would my US Passport mention that I was born in India do?
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--- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, Debasish Barua <gorba196138@...> wrote:
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> About Muslims loosing property & birth right in India, I suggest you stop by INDIAN EMBASSY in Houston, it states from what I understood even decendents from that period can still claim INDIAN NATIONALITY..thier is a period they do exclude...but I think nationals prior to separation can still claim Indian Nationality..I think INDIA even allows Dual Citizen Ship...
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> Good luck
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> Pakistan was created under division of India in 1947 making foolish Muslims and making Bengali people  and Bangla language minority people  Language in India for Hindi making state language of India and Urdu for Pakistan..
> After division of India Muslims people in India lost their property and birth right  in all over of India and being migrated  from India to West and East Pakistan lost their life and property.
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> My comments are inserted below. --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@> wrote:>> *How India created Bangladesh & lessons for Sri Lanka*> >   By Shenali Waduge> > With a population of 1.2billion living across a landmass of 2973190 square> kilometers, there is no denying India’s power. Yet, if not for its> inferiority we cannot comprehend why India would desire to adopt a> consistent policy and go to great lengths to destabilize each of its> neighbors whilst pretending to be their friend..TURKMAN: Why was not India pretending to be Friend of Pakistan before 1971? Had Pakistan not declared India her Birth Enemy before all this?---------- Diplomacy is one thing but to know that men and material are being used to destroy a neighboring nation simply does not justify any of the excuses India gives purely to deceive the masses and gain international prestige for itself.> TURKMAN: What 'Material' was India using to destroy Pakistan?
> -----------> The example of Bangladesh is perfect to describe the birth of Indian intelligence agency RAW tasked to partition Pakistan and create Bangladesh in 1971. It was in 1947 that 2 different countries were created – Pakistan and India. Muslims were divided into 2 countries bearing 2 different nationalities. West Pakistan was dominated by Punjabi’s while East Pakistan was the home to Sindhis, Pathans, Balochis and Mohajirs.> TURKMAN: Thanks for letting us know that Sindhis, Pathans, Balochis and Mohajirs did not live in West Pakistan. Nobody knows this. -------> What we are taught to believe is that Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibar Rehman resented political power vested with West Pakistan elite and had formed the Awami League demanding autonomy for East Pakistan and though he won the 1970 general election, he was put in jail leading to the Bangladesh Liberation War which created Bangladesh. A missing piece in this incident is the role
> India’s intelligence played.>TURKMAN: Oh don't we know, India had turned majority of Pakistanis, the Bengalis in to her Agents before Awami League won, right? India had first ordered Punjabis to discriminate against Bengalis make East Pakistan become a lot poorer than West Pakistan also to cause dissent, right?---------- > By creating Bangladesh, India also created an enemy in Pakistan..TURKMAN: Oh sure, before India created Bangladesh, Pakistan used to be a good Friend of India and had not fought against India in 1948 and Pakistan had not covertly attacked India in 1965. India created an Enemy in Pakistan only in 1971, right Liar?--------- No formal ties will erase the hate Pakistan has against India.> > The resentment of East Pakistan towards West Pakistan was triggered by none other than India’s RAW using the card of â€Å"discrimination� similar to what they used against the Sinhalese by the Tamils.>TURKMAN: But who had given
> that Card of "Discrimination" to India if saintly West Pakistanis were never discriminating against Bengalis since birth of Pakistan?---------- > What India eventually did was to protect Awami League leaders, train and armed the insurgents which ultimately led to the disintegration of East Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh.>TURKMAN: If Awami League Leaders were under Indian Protection, how the hell they had gotten arrested so easily by Paki Army Soldiers? Which Bengalis were trained by India before Army Action started against them in March, 1971? What the hell 'MookTi Bhaiyini' had accomplished until Indian Attack on East Pakistan? Which village had gone on its control, forget about cities? --------- > The Bangladesh breakup according to B. Raman’s book â€Å"The Kaoboys of R&AW� the break up of East Pakistan was carried out in 2 phases by Indira Gandhi and the RAW. Phase 1 was coordinated by Kao and phase 2 by Field Marshal Sham
> Manekshaw. RAW trained and supplied arms to Bengali anti-Pakistan militants. Indira Gandhi was given bugged conversations of top Pakistani officials. RAW had even funded Mujibur Rahman’s general election in 1970 and trained and armed the Mukti Bahini that RAW officers set up using Bengali refugees..TURKMAN: Yeah, but all this would not have happened if West Pakistanis had treated Bengalis as their brothers. Awami League would not have won if Bengalis were not mad at their Rulers in West Pakistan. RAW could not have done nothing even if all accusations against India are correct because time proved, RAW has not done anything against Punjabi Rule in Pakistan from 1972 to now and they have kept ruling Pakistan against wishes of 56% of Pakistan's present Non Punjabi Population. If RAW had funded Sh. Mujib before 1970 Elections, why had Pakistan not banned Awami League? ---------- How many illegal refugees do we have in Sri Lanka – the people
> that our army rescued and what is their role like to be in future unless checked. Is it not for this reason that India insists on demilitarizing the North?> TURKMAN: I have no idea, what the hell you are talking about here.--------> RAW continued its presence in Bangladesh even after the latters> independence by training Chakma tribes and Shanti Bahini to carry out subversive activities in Bangladesh.> TURKMAN: What Evidence you have to prove this?------> Similar to how India forcefully made Sri Lanka sign the Indo-Lanka> Agreement and make constitutional changes, India put forward a 7-point agreement prior to Indian army overrunning the Pakistan army in just 2 weeks to create Bangladesh after obtaining a security guarantee from former Soviet Union in case of American interference. That 7 point plan included the following:.TURKMAN: I had no idea you make up all this stuff out of thin Air. Yes, India was so scared of USA despite that Pakistan had kicked
> all Americans out of Pakistan and had very strained relations with USA that she had gotten USSR to sign a 25 year Defense Agreement so, USA would not intervene. I am not reading rest of your B.S. supplied to you by ISI of Pakistan, who you work for. Bye.-------- > 1. Bangladesh Government had to select only those who participated in the liberation war to its administrative posts and shortfalls had to be filled by Indian officials.> > 2. Joint force comprising Indian army and Mukti Bahini under the command of> Indian Army chief to lead the liberation war.> > 3. Bangladesh to have no standing army.> > 4. India to raise paramilitary force to protect internal law and order of> Bangladesh.> > 5. Open market subject to periodical reviews.> > 6. Indian army to be stationed indefinitely in Bangladesh> > 7. Bangladesh’s foreign policy to be determined only in consultation with> India.> > This is how India strategically trapped Bangladesh who was taught
> to think> that it owed India for liberating it. India went on to tie Bangladesh> further by signing a â€Å"25 year friendship treaty� which further strangulated> any desire for liberty on the part of Bangladesh. In short Bangladesh could> not do anything without the concurrence of India. Thus, India made sure> that Bangladesh was nothing but India’s poodle.> > Yet a military coup took place in 1975 against corruption and dissolving of> Parliament to create a one party rule. The new government commenced ties> with China, USA, Europe and Middle East to diminish Indian influence with> resulted in further Indian angst.> > Bangladesh like Sri Lanka is important for India because it is a strategic> corridor between India and North East. Bangladesh also provides a bridge> between SAARC and ASEAN nations and is a key marine resource provider. Its> sea ports are important for trade as China is also aware. In short> Bangladesh is the most cost
> effective route for India to import gas from> Myanmar.> > Similar to some of the antics India pulls upon Sri Lanka has been what> Bangladesh experienced when it attempted to break away from Indian> influence. Border disputes are issues which India defers to solve much like> what Sri Lanka is experiencing with Tamil Nadu fishermen. Then there is> India’s border security and deployment of navy near South Talpatty as well> as India’s support towards secessionist movements in Chittagong Hill Tracks> going so far as to provide money & arms. Isn’t this what India did in Sri> Lanka?> > As in Sri Lanka’s case, India keeps using its media to invent fictitious> stories about how both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are a threat to India’s> security interests to pressurize these Governments into functioning> according to Indian dictates.> > Bangladesh nor Sri Lanka can adapt a single strategy to deal with a country> as large as India
> unless the neighbors tie together against India. All the> SAARC nations have experienced India’s backstabbing techniques. It hired> the LTTE to storm Maldives and then pretended to save Maldives. More> recently India has sided with the US to oust President Nasheed and install> a puppet leader. There was also rumors of an LTTE plot to kill Bangladesh’s> Sheikh Hasina in 1999 for a payment of $10m. It does all types of> activities to keep Nepal from developing & the list goes on.> > In Sri Lanka’s case what first angered India appears to have been the Sri> Lankan Government’s decision to allow refueling facilities to Pakistan’s> civil and military aircraft and ships during the Indo-Pak war of 1971.> India was also angered when Sri Lanka permitted Israel to establish> intelligence presence and Sri Lanka permitted Voice of America to be> installed on the island. These have been called the â€Å"irritants� that>
> translated into the Indira Doctrine and Sri Lanka becoming the target of> RAW’s destabilizing policy.> > This surely must mean that India can be charged for state funded terrorism> because with RAW’s supervision camps were set up in Tamil Nadu, former RAQ> trainers were re-employed to train Tamil militant groups at centers in> Gunda and Gorakhpur.> > The covert operation in Sri Lanka found the RAW taking the situation into> its own hand by contravening its foreign policy and former Indian High> Commissioner is said to have even accused RAW of giving 10m rupees to LTTE.> > With RAW mandated to destabilize Sri Lanka, it went on to build up EPRLF,> ENDLF to create further dissent by challenging the LTTE as well. Today, you> may not see them but one can be sure there are plenty of RAW officers> around even in the suburbs. How long can India hide that India trained> Prabakaran & the LTTE?> > With all this knowledge if Sri Lanka is going to
> think that India will say> â€Å"We like you better than Bangladesh or Pakistan and we wont do anything> harmful ever to our neighbor� – we don’t deserve to be called sovereign!> > India may like to forget what it did to Sri Lanka because India now stands> to gain by exerting diplomatic pressures and using its media to reverse its> own guilt but the people of Sri Lanka know better even if the political> leaders of Sri Lanka are gullible to all the lies & deceits of India.> > What Sri Lanka do leaders must never forget is that the entire drama> revolving around Geneva was primarily to lay the foundation to oust the> present Government from power. In such a scenario all the pressures being> exerted is primarily targeting Sri Lanka’s political leaderships and if> they are naïve enough to forgive, forget and carry on caring less about> safeguarding the country even the people are likely to lose faith. This is> exactly what
> these foreign intelligence agencies currently in Sri Lanka are> attempting to achieve. What a pity it would be if our leaders carve out> their own ruin & take the country with them.> > Yet, it is still not too late and the people of Sri Lanka will back leaders> who can do what they achieved in 2009 in a new twist to terrorism coming> from the diplomatic front to usurp the sovereignty of our nation.Over to> you for action, Mr. President.> > > *Shenali Waduge is a working mother of two from Sri Lanka. She received her> Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Delhi in India. She> has lived abroad in both the UK and India and derives great joy from> learning about other cultures. Shenali’s journalism is an outlet to express> her desire to see a more fair and just society. A voice for truth, she> covers politics, social change, culture, women’s issues and education.> Shenali regularly contributes to the Asian Tribune and Lankaweb.
> Shenali is> also an artist and volunteers her time to programs that help the needy in> Sri Lanka. Her dream is to see a world without armaments, without strife> and with the freedom for all to experience world cultures.*> > http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2012/03/25/how-india-created-bangladesh-lessons-for-sri-lanka/> http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2012/03/25/how-india-created-bangladesh-lessons-sri-lanka
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[chottala.com] Hasina's Miracle! Netri's Blessed Burglers Recently Turned Bags of Money into some bags of Jackfruits!



SATIRE: HASINA'S RECENT MIRACLES
 
This week Netri's Blessed Secular Burglers Recently Turned Bags of Money into some bags of Jackfruits!
Another miracle: Illias Ali was captured alive in Dhaka and was turned into Ashes in Gopalgonj.
 
Another miracle: Bangladesh Court find murderers as bad guys but through Hasin's appointed President they all (If AL murders) become good guys.
 
Bafore Hasina, the Sheikh's secular miracle was began by Bangabandhu. The court found Golam Mostofa guilty of abducting Dalim and his wife, but Bangabandhu Mujib found Dalim and Shahriar as culprits and dismissed for their carrier job in the army.     
 
The tradition continues: true, Awami League is not the name of a political party, it is the name of a mafia group.


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[chottala.com] Eyewitness report on Ilias abduction.



 
'বাঁচাও বাঁচাও' বলে চিৎকার শুনেছি
 
 
সমকাল প্রতিবেদক
''বনানীতে পার্কের বেঞ্চে ঘুমাচ্ছিলাম। তখনও গভীর ঘুম ধরেনি। হঠাৎ চিৎকার-চেঁচামেচির শব্দ পাই। এতে পাতলা ঘুম ভেঙে জেগে উঠি। পার্কের বেঞ্চে বসেই দেখতে পাই, একটি লোককে টেনেহিঁচড়ে গাড়িতে তোলার চেষ্টা করছে ৪ ব্যক্তি। গাড়িতে উঠতে না চাওয়ায় ওই ব্যক্তিকে কিলঘুষি মারা হচ্ছিল। দীর্ঘ সময় ধস্তাধস্তির পর জোর করে তাকে গাড়িতে তোলা হয়। এ সময় ওই ব্যক্তি 'বাঁচাও বাঁচাও' বলে চিৎকার করছিল। পরদিন সকালে জানতে পারি, বনানীর পার্কের পাশের সড়ক থেকে যে ব্যক্তিকে গাড়িতে তোলা হচ্ছিল, তিনি বিএনপি নেতা ইলিয়াস আলী। গাড়িতে উঠিয়ে বনানী এক নম্বরের দিকে নিয়ে যাওয়া হচ্ছিল।' ১৭ এপ্রিল মঙ্গলবার রাত সোয়া ১২টার দিকে বনানীর ২ নম্বর সড়কের পাশের সড়ক থেকে বিএনপি নেতা ইলিয়াস আলী ও তার ব্যক্তিগত গাড়ি চালক মোঃ আনসারকে তুলে নেওয়া হয়। ওই ঘটনার প্রত্যক্ষদর্শী ডাববিক্রেতা সোহেল রানা। বাসায় ফিরতে দেরি হলে প্রায়ই বনানীর পার্কে ঘুমান সোহেল। ওই পার্কের পাশেই তার বাবা ডাব বিক্রি করেন। সোহেল ডাববিক্রেতা বাবাকে সাহায্য করেন। ইলিয়াসকে তুলে নেওয়ার পুরো ঘটনটি খুব কাছ থেকে প্রত্যক্ষ করেন সোহেল। আইন-শৃঙ্খলা বাহিনীর সদস্যরা সোহেলকে তাদের হেফাজতে নিয়ে জিজ্ঞাসাবাদ করছেন। গতকাল বনানী থানায় সোহেলকে জিজ্ঞাসাবাদ করা হয়। আইন-শৃঙ্খলা বাহিনীর জিজ্ঞাসাবাদের পর সমকাল প্রতিবেদক সোহেলের সঙ্গে একান্তে কিছু সময় কথা বলেন। সোহেলের কথায়
উঠে
আসে সেই রাতের চিত্র। সোহেলের সঙ্গে কথোপকথনের অডিও রেকর্ড সমকালের কাছে রয়েছে। এ নিয়ে ইলিয়াস 'নিখোঁজে'র ঘটনায় অন্তত তিন প্রত্যক্ষদর্শীকে জিজ্ঞাসাবাদ করেছে পুলিশ। তাদের সবার বক্তব্য যাচাই করা হচ্ছে।
সোহেল রানা সমকালকে জানান, হঠাৎ দেখলাম পার্ক সংলগ্ন সড়কে একটি সাদা রঙের গাড়িকে আটকে দেওয়া হয়েছে। ওই গাড়িটির সামনে-পেছনে আরও দুটি গাড়ি। গাড়িতে উঠতে না চাওয়ায় কয়েকজন লোক একজনকে লক্ষ্য করে অকথ্য ভাষায় গালমন্দ করছিল আর বলছিল, 'গাড়িতে ওঠ। তোকে গাড়িতে উঠতেই হবে।'
যারা গাড়িতে তুলছিল তাদের পরনে কী ছিল_ এমন প্রশ্নের জবাবে সোহেল রানা জানান, যারা টানাহেঁচড়া করে গাড়িতে তুলছিল তাদের পরনে আইন-শৃঙ্খলা বাহিনীর কোনো পোশাক ছিল না। তাদের পরনে উজ্জ্বল রঙের কাপড় ছিল। পরনের কাপড় ঝিকমিক করছিল।
সব সময় কী পার্কে রাত কাটান? এমন প্রশ্নের জবাবে সোহেল রানা সমকালকে জানান, আমার সঙ্গে ওই রাতে একজন পার্কে ঘুমিয়ে ছিল। ওই ব্যক্তিকে আমি চিনি না। সে আমাকে এসে বলে গ্রাম থেকে এসেছি, থাকার কোনো জায়গা নেই। ঘটনাস্থলে কোনো ব্যক্তিকে কারও শার্টের কলার চেপে ধরতে আমি দেখেনি। ওই সময় অন্য কাউকে ঘটনাস্থলে জড়ো হতেও দেখিনি। গভীর ঘুমে থাকায় আমার পাশের লোকটি ঘটনটি টের পায়নি।
যারা ধরে নিয়ে গেছে, তারা দেখতে কেমন_ এমন প্রশ্নের জবাবে সোহেল বলেন, 'তারা লম্বা ছিলেন। কেউ মোটাসোটা আবার কেউ হ্যাংলা-পাতলা।' আপনি পার্কে ঘুমান কেন_ এমন প্রশ্নের জবাবে সোহেল জানান, রাত ১২টার দিকে বাসার গেট বন্ধ হয়ে যায়। যেদিন কাজ করতে বেশি রাত হয়ে যায়, সেই দিন পার্কে রাত কাটাই। রাজধানীর একটি বস্তিতে পরিবারের সঙ্গে বসবাস করেন বলে জানান সোহেল।
নূরানী টাওয়ারের নিরাপত্তাকর্মী লুৎফরের বক্তব্য : এ ঘটনার আরেক প্রত্যক্ষদর্শী ছিলেন বনানীর ২ নম্বর সড়ক সংলগ্ন নির্মাণাধীন ভবন নূরানী টাওয়ারের নিরাপত্তাকর্মী লুৎফর রহমান। ইলিয়াস 'নিখোঁজে'র পর লুৎফরকেও জিজ্ঞাসাবাদ করেছে আইন-শৃঙ্খলা বাহিনী। লুৎফর জানিয়েছেন, ওই রাতে একটি গাড়ির সঙ্গে আরেকটি গাড়ির ধাক্কা লাগার শব্দ তিনি শুনেছেন। এরপর উত্তপ্ত বাক্য বিনিময়ের আওয়াজ পান। তবে ঘটনাটি নির্মাণাধীন ভবনের টিনের বেড়ার ওপাশে হওয়ায় পুরোপুরি বুঝতে পারেননি। লুৎফরের কথা জানতে চাইলে নূরানী টাওয়ারের আরেক নিরাপত্তাকর্মী মাসুদ রানা সমকালকে বলেন, চার দিন ধরে লুৎফরের খোঁজ নেই। এ ঘটনার পর সে অনেক ভয় পেয়ে যায়। সম্ভবত গ্রামের বাড়ি চলে গেছে। তবে আমাদের কাউকে কিছু বলেনি। আইন-শৃঙ্খলা বাহিনীর সদস্যরা লুৎফরকে জিজ্ঞাসাবাদ করেছে।
বনানীর দুই নম্বর সড়কের যে এলাকা থেকে ইলিয়াস আলী নিখোঁজ হন, ওই সড়কের একপাশে সাউথ পয়েন্ট স্কুল অ্যান্ড কলেজ। অন্যপাশে নির্মাণাধীন ভবন নূর টাওয়ার। নূর টাওয়ারের সামনেই একটি পার্ক। ওই স্থান থেকে ইলিয়াস আলীর বাসা ৩শ' গজ দূরেই। 'নিখোঁজ' হওয়ার স্থান ছাড়া বনানীর দুই নম্বর সড়কের দু'পাশেই রয়েছে বাড়ি। ইলিয়াসকে 'তুলে' নিতে বনানীর দুই নম্বর সড়কের সবচেয়ে নির্জন এলাকাটি বেছে নেওয়া হয়।
একটি সূত্র জানায়, ইলিয়াস আলীকে 'তুলে' নেওয়ার সময় পুলিশের একজন এসআই ঘটনাস্থলে উপস্থিত হন। ছিনতাইকারী ভেবে প্রথম ওই কর্মকর্তা একজনকে পেছন দিক থেকে কলার চেপে ধরেন। কৌশলগত কারণে পরে ওই পুলিশ কর্মকর্তা ঘটনাস্থল ত্যাগ করেন। পরে ঘটনাটি তিনি পুলিশের ঊর্ধ্বতন কয়েকজন কর্মকর্তাকে অবগত করেন। তবে ইলিয়াসকে 'তুলে' নেওয়ার সময় পুলিশের কোনো সদস্যের ঘটনাস্থলে উপস্থিত থাকার বিষয়টি স্বীকার করেননি আইন-শৃঙ্খলা বাহিনীর কোনো ঊর্ধ্বতন কর্মকর্তা।
র‌্যাবের আইন ও গণমাধ্যম শাখার প্রধান কমান্ডার এম সোহায়েল সমকালকে বলেন, ইলিয়াসকে উদ্ধারে র‌্যাব সর্বোচ্চ তৎপরতা চালিয়ে যাচ্ছে। জিজ্ঞাসাবাদে পাওয়া তথ্য যাচাই-বাছাই করা হচ্ছে। ইতিমধ্যে কয়েকজনকে জিজ্ঞাসাবাদ করা হয়েছে।
পুলিশের গুলশান বিভাগের ডিসি চৌধুরী লুৎফুল কবীর সমকালকে বলেন, তদন্ত করার একটি পর্যায়ে আমরা সোহেলের খোঁজ পাই। এরপর তাকে ডেকে জিজ্ঞাসাবাদ করা হয়েছে।
বনানী থানার ওসি (তদন্ত) মাইনুল ইসলাম সমকালকে বলেন, ইলিয়াসের সন্ধানে আমরা কাজ করে যাচ্ছি। তদন্তের স্বার্থে অনেককেই জিজ্ঞাসাবাদ করা হচ্ছে। জিজ্ঞাসাবাদে পাওয়া তথ্য যাচাই-বাছাই করে দেখা হচ্ছে।
প্রত্যক্ষদর্শীদের বর্ণনায় যা উঠে এসেছে : প্রত্যক্ষদর্শীদের বর্ণনায় একটি বিষয় উঠে এসেছে। তা হলো, ধস্তাধস্তি করেই গাড়িতে ইলিয়াসকে তুলে নেওয়া হয়েছিল। ঘটনার পরপরই একজন প্রত্যক্ষদর্শী পুলিশকে জানিয়েছিলেন, একটি প্রাইভেট কার ইলিয়াসের গাড়িকে পেছন দিক থেকে ধাক্কা দিয়েছিল। সোহেল রানা সমকালকে জানান, ঘটনাস্থলে গাড়ি ছিল তিনটি। প্রত্যক্ষদর্শীদের সবার বক্তব্যে আরেকটি বিষয় স্পষ্ট তা হলো_ ঘটনাস্থলে ইলিয়াসের সঙ্গে 'অপহরণকারীদের' উত্তপ্ত বাক্যবিনিময় হয়েছিল।
 
 


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