1971 intellectual killings part of Indian army, intelligence agency plot: Jamaat’s Porwar
The Jamaat leader further asserted that records show the Indian army had landed in Dhaka before 8 December, effectively controlling East Pakistan, including the capital
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar has claimed that the killings of intellectuals in 1971 were part of a "planned conspiracy orchestrated by the Indian army and its intelligence agency".
"Some leftist and Kolkata-based intellectuals, as well as pro-India elements, have long implicated Jamaat-e-Islami in the killings of intellectuals. However, historical facts and evidence indicate that this massacre was part of a well-planned strategy by the Indian army and intelligence agency," he said while speaking at a discussion today (14 December).
Dhaka Metropolitan North Jamaat organised the discussion on the occasion of Martyred Intellectuals Day at the Krishibid Institute in the capital's Farmgate.
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At the event, the Jamaat leader further asserted that records show the Indian army had landed in Dhaka before 8 December, effectively controlling East Pakistan, including the capital.
"On the eve of victory, the Pakistani army and groups such as the Razakar and Al-Badr were preoccupied with surrendering or fleeing to save their lives," he said. "In such a scenario, systematically targeting intellectuals would have been impossible for them."
Porwar also cited various writers, including Rao Farman Ali, to claim that the Pakistani army initially intended to surrender on 14 December, but at the insistence of the then Indian Army chief, the surrender was postponed to 16 December.
