Indian envoy inaugurates ‘Mrityunjayi Mitra’ sculpture at Sitakunda

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami inaugurated a sculpture titled ‘Mrityunjayi Mitra’ at Sitakunda upazila of the district to pay homage to the sacrifices made by Indian soldiers during the Liberation War of Bangladesh, reports BSS.

The Indian envoy inaugurated the sculpture as chief guest in the morning while former minister and Presidium Member of Bangladesh Awami League Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, MP, local MP Alhaj Didarul Alam, President of Chattogram North District Awami League and Chairman of Chattogram Jilla Parisad MA Salam and its Member AMM Dilsad were present as special guests on the occasion.

The high commissioner said that India had cooperated a lot during the war of independence of Bangladesh. As a result, many Indian soldiers were martyred along with the freedom fighters, he added.

He said that Bangladesh-India friendship will last forever.

On 12 December 1971, the Indian Allied Forces and the Mukti Bahani took up positions at various places in the Kumira area from Chhota Darogarhat in Sitakunda Upazila in preparation for the war and with the help of local patriotic people and attacked on the Pak occupation forces from 10 pm on that day.

This frontal battle was fought from 12 to 16 December and on 16 December Sitakunda was liberated from the Pakistani invaders.

In this heroic battle, innumerable members of the Allied and Liberation Army were martyred. The bodies of more than fifty Allied martyrs were cremated at the Chandranath Temple area at Sitakunda Sadar and the freedom fighters were buried at Upazila Health Complex of Sitakunda upazila, local sources said.