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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals by inserting wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur in the administrative centre on Monday morning, marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day.
On behalf of the premier, her Military Secretary Major General Naqib Ahmed Chowdhury placed the floral wreaths around 7.10am to pay homage to the fantastic heroes of the united states.
The day is being observed on a restricted scale because of fresh surge of the COVID-19 cases.
Just two days prior to the country’s final victory for independence on this day 49 years back, the Pakistani occupation forces with the help of their local collaborators - Razakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams - killed the most prominent intellectuals of the united states.
As many as 200 illustrious sons of the soil, including professors, journalists, doctors, artistes, engineers and writers, were abducted from their respective residences blindfolded during December 10 to 14 in 1971.
These were taken blindfolded to torture cells at Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Nakhalpara, Rajarbagh and other spots in different elements of the city.
Subsequently these were put to death en masse at different killing grounds, especially Rayerbazar and Mirpur, in a bid to cripple the newly emerging Bangladesh intellectually.
Those who were subjected to the killers’ wrath on December 14, 1971 included Dr Alim Chowdhury and Dr Fazle Rabbi, Journalists Shahidullah Kaisar, Sirajuddin Hossain, Nizamuddin Ahmed, SA Mannan and Selina Parveen, and litterateur Munier Choudhury.
Since then, the day is being observed as the Martyred Intellectuals Day.
