NegligenceOfficials at Ministry of Liberation War Affairs said they have identified 204 mass killing fields and mass grave sites, however private organizations and war researchers say the number would be something in between 1000 to 5000. Markets and shopping complexes have take over the place in Mirpur’s Muslim Bazar area where plan is underway to build a multi-storied commercial building at the mass killing spot. Over the course of time, killing fields in government lands have not been identified while the spots in private lands have somehow been occupied,” he said. In September 11, 2018, Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved a Tk442crore project for preserving 271 killing fields and construction of monuments for the mass killing sites. “It is true that we have failed to conserve the sites, but now we have allocated money for conserving the killing fields.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 24, 2019 19:52 UTC