The 1971 Liberation War was actually a “crackdown” by Pakistan on the "Mujib Bahini", which had carried out “genocide” prior to Mar 25, Jamaat-e-Islami’s Chattogram city chief Mohammad Nazrul Islam has said. He also remarked that the intellectuals in Bangladesh were killed on Dec 14 in 1971 according to an Indian army “plan”. Calling for black chapters in history to be opened to the public, Nazrul said: “Mujib Bahini basically carried out genocide before Mar 25 in many areas. Pakistan deployed the army on Mar 25 for the crackdown in response to the genocide.”He said the nation was denied the true history over the past 54 years. He also called for discovering the history of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman passing comfortable time in jail by surrendering to Pakistan on the night of Mar 25.

Source: bd News24 December 16, 2025 15:49 UTC