Speakers at a discussion meeting on Friday noon at Chuknagar College playground under Dumuria Upazila in Khulna in observance of 'Chuknagar Genocide Day' demanded for declaring May 20 as the national genocide day.
On May 20, 1971, during the liberation war, one of the biggest genocides took place in broad daylight at Chuknagar bazaar and in adjacent areas.
The local people of the area have been observing the day under the banner of 'Chuknagar Ganohotya '71 Smriti Sangrakhon Parishad' to pay tributes to the martyrs who became victims of the then Pakistani military and their collaborators.
The discussion meeting, chaired by the committee convenor, Prof ABM Shafiqul Islam, was also addressed by state minister for labour and employment Begum Monnujan Sufian, Awami League lawmaker Sohrab Ali Sana, Khulna district Awami League president Sheikh Harunur Rashid, Dumuria Upazila Parishad chairman Gazi Abdul Hadi and Khulna district Muktijodhdha Sangsad commander Mahabubur Rahman.
The speakers also demanded for developing the infrastructure of Chuknagar Genocide Memorial Complex by filling up the ditches by the side of the memorial and to complete the linking road from the memorial to the point that touches Khulna-Satkhira highway.
Freedom fightersof the area were given a reception on the occasion.
Earlier, the committee leaders laid wreaths at Chuknagar Genocide Memorial Complex at Chuknagar village under Dumuria Upazila to pay homage to the genocide victims.
A Sector Commander of the liberation war Major (retired) Rafiqul Islam, in his book 'Muktir Sopan Tole' published in 2002, said about 10 thousand people were killed here on the day.
Dr Muntasir Mamun edited book 'Chuknagarer Gonohotya '71 (Genocide at Chuknagar in 1971) mentioned Chuknagar genocide as the biggest genocide in the country during the liberation war.
Source: New Age
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