Gouripur (Mymensingh) Correspondent :
The Shalihar Mass Killing Day was mourned at Shalihar village in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh district on Sunday paying glowing tributes to those who were martyred on 21 August in 1971.
On this day 14 people were killed by Pakistani army in Shalihar village under Gouripur upazila. The attack began in the morning. They opened fire on the villagers of Shalihor during the liberation war of 1971. As a result Ganendra Mohan Kar, Mohini Mohan Kar, Jogesh Chandra Biswas, Nabar Ali, Kiroda Sundari, Shachindra Chandra Biswas, Tarini Kantha Biswas, Kailash Chandra Namodas, Shatragna Namodas, Ramendra Chandra Sarkar, Aboni Mohan Sarkar, Debendra Chandra Namodas, Kamini Kantha Biswas were killed by Pakistani forces on single day. Killing the people indiscriminately, set fire to houses and property and looted business establishments, leaving a trail of destruction was a great tragedy in the history of Gouripur.
AL member of Sunamganj district committee and AL General Secretary of Taherpur upazila of Sunamganj , Amal Kranti Kar, who is a grand son of martyred Ganendra Mohan Kar said ,” After killing my grand father Ganendra Mohan Kar and grand father’brother Mohini Mohan Kar in Shalihor’s genocide on 21 August,1971, My father Badal Chandra Kar, a village doctor went to Taherpur upazila to help the freedom fighters and settled there” He added that 14 families who were martyred in the Pak army massacre at Shalihar village in Gouripur upazila on August 21, 1971 have not been recognized even today . He wants a recognition of those who were martyred on that day and had sent an application to honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 18 July ,2017. To mark the day, Gouripur Upazila Administration, Muktijoddha Sangsad and Muktijoddha Santan Comand organised different programmes, including candles light programme, placing of floral wreaths at martyrs’ monument at the village and discussion.The discussion meeting was held on premises of monument of Shalihar Killing while Hasan Maruf UNO of Gouripur upazila chaired the programme. Freedom fighters, political leaders, journalists, poets and educationalists and prominent persons were present and addressed the audience.
