Family members leading inhuman life: Jhaudia Majhipara massacre martyred yet to be recognised

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Jhenaidah Correspondent :
The family members of the martyrs at village Jhaudia Majhipara (a village of the fishermen community) in Sailkupa have been leading inhuman life as they neither could touch any government facilities, nor recognized even after 45 years of the independence .
Even the spots where they had sacrificed their lives could not be preserved till today.
But the fresh blood of the eight martyrs of the village like other village people had helped a lot to fasten the liberty for the Bengali people from the clutch of the occupying Pakistani forces. The frustration had been throwing the members of the martyrs in uncertainty, said the affected family members.
The martyrs who were gunned down were Nirapada Biswas, his two younger brothers Chittaranjan Biswas and Nani Gopal Biswas, Dulal Biswas, Harendra Nath Biswas, Jiten Biswas, Moni Roy and Manindra Nath Roy of the village. But two of the bullet hit young men Narayan Chandra Biswas and Bistupada Biswas were escaped anyway.
Devi Rani Biswas, the wife of Nirapada Biswas said, her husband entered in to the house in the early hours aftwr catching fish in nearest Kumar River. Suddenly a gang of dressed and undressed people with fire arms entered in to the house and caught Nirapara, two younger brothers Chittaranjan and Nani Gopal. The Pakistani men along with their collaborators also caught Dulal, Harendra and Jiten from the village.
Septuagenarian Khagendra Biswas said, earlier the occupying forces brought Moni Roy and Village Chowkider Manindra Nath Roy from Jhaudia Sarderpara. They tied up the eight and two others Narayan Chandra and Bistupada with a single rope and took them on the bank of nearby Kumar River.
The brutal placing all 10 in a line, opened fire targeting the innocent and threw them in the river water thinking that they were killed. But Narayan Chandra and Bistupada escaped and fled away. Bodies of the eight martyred were washed away by the flood water due to heavy current in the river.
After the independence war the then MP late Dr. Kazi Khademul Islam, widely known as Shishu Dakter gave Taka one thousand to some four to five martyred family members of the village in 1972.
Since then neither any assistance they had received, nor anyone from the government nor any political parties had asked their wellbeing in past 45 years.
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