The Daily
Morning News
30 APRIL 1971
News headlines and details from the Daily Morning News.
News Headlines:
- Gen. Hamid visits troops, back in city.
- Life in Sylhet fast returning to normal.
- Miscreants flee in panic as army enters Feni.
- Indian charges rejected as totally false.
- Chandpur picks up thread of normal activity.
- Indian infiltrators, miscreants fleeing from Sylhet.
- Khulna bustling with activity.
Other Headlines:
- Masud removed to policelines, not allowed to contact H.C.
- Bhutto to send Kasuri to E. Wing.
- An interview with 2 captured Indian soldiers.
- Bhutto asks workers to remain united and disciplined.
General Abdul Hamid Khan, chief of staff of Pakistan Army returned to Dacca yesterday
afternoon after a two-
He was accompanied by commander, Eastern Command and the GOC.
Gen. Hamid was shown some of the places from where miscreants, anti-
He was told that miscreants, now completely demoralized, were running for their life without putting up any resistance as they lost the support of local people and sources of infiltration from across the border had also been sealed.
The Army chief of staff talked to the troops at each station and found all of them in high spirits.
He saw arrangements for their food, etc. and enquired about their welfare.
Sylhet, April 29: Life in Sylhet town and the surrounding rural areas is fast returning to normal after the Army cleared the whole area from the miscreants and Indian infiltrators, writes Fazal Qureshi, a PPI special correspondent.
City springs to life early in the day. Shops open and people get busy with their day's routine. Such is the rush of people in Zinda Bahar and, Bazar, central shopping areas of the town that there is hardly place to walk without jostling shoulders with the crowd. Footpaths are full of vendors selling vegetables which are brought from the rural areas. The shops are full of goods of daily life and brisk shopping goes on till the end of that day.
Throughout the day, long queues of umbrella-
As I went round the city I saw telephone lineman and electricity department workers busy repairing lines disrupted by the miscreants. The electricity supply is now normal and the entire telephone system is also in working order. The water supply was not disrupted at all.
Everyday I saw a large number of people returning to the town from the rural area where they had taken refuge when the local miscreants became active. Government and private offices have opened and attendance is fast increasing.
The authorities are keeping law and order situation completely under control.
The people clearly understand the falsehood of the propaganda blared out by the All India Radio daily. Only till very recently they were claiming that the Sylhet town was under the control of the miscreants and that fierce fighting was going on.
The army is busy clearing the remaining isolated pockets of anti-
The battered morale of the Armed Indian infiltrators and miscreants was squarely evident in Feni town of Noakhali district, which was secured by Pakistan Army over the last weekend, writes APP's special correspondent, Shaukat Kamal who just returned from Comilla area.
When columns of the Pakistan Army entered Feni town after clearing the pockets of Indian infiltrators and miscreants, they encountered absolutely no resistance.
An Army field officer returning from Feni told me at Comilla that Pakistan Army entered
Feni without firing a single shot. The armed Indian infiltrators and anti-
Some of the arms and ammunition recovered from Feni had the marking of Kikri Ordinance Factory in India proving that India had been openly sending infiltrators into the area and was also helping the Mukti Bahini, "the militant wing of the banned AL. I myself saw in Comilla some of the Indian arms and ammunition captured by Pakistan Army.
Feni, which is a few miles from the Indian border, had a large concentration of the
Indian armed infiltrators and miscreants and All India Radio had been brewing out
concocted stories that the forward march of the Pakistani troops had been halted
by the so-
The All-
Islamabad, April 29 (APP): Pakistan today rejected as "totally false" the Indian charges that Pakistani troops had intruded into Indian territory and fired across the border from East Pakistan. India had also alleged that as a result of the firing by Pakistani troops some Indian nationals were killed or wounded.
Categorically denying the Indian charges of aggressive activities by Pakistani troops, a foreign office spokesman said here they had not intruded into Indian territory.
On the other hand Indian armed infiltrators had tried to intrude into Pakistan and indulge in subversive activities. In some cases Indian intruders had been apprehended or eliminated. This was confirmed by the confession of Indian soldiers who were recently captured wed within the Pakistan territory.
The foreign office spokesman also rejected the allegation by India that there was indiscriminate firing on the Indian enclave of Banseachi, saying no such incident took place. 'In fact, he said it was India which is guilty of aggression against Pakistan enclaves in Cooch Behar.
Last December, Indians attacked the Pakistani enclave of Batregach in Cooch Behar where over 300 Pakistanis including women and children were killed.
Despite repeated demands from the Pakistan Government, India did not allow any Pakistani official to visit the enclave for ascertaining facts and providing relief and other assistance to the affected persons in Pakistani territory.
The flourishing river port of Chandpur, about 40 miles from Dacca on the bank of the mighty Meghna, was beginning to gain momentum after a spell of idleness created by the terrorism of miscreants, writes APP's special correspondent Shaukat Kamal. Chandpur, famous for its 'hilsa' fish throughout East Pakistan, had picked up the thread of normal activity when I visited it last week.
I drove from Comilla to Chandpur and spent a day there. A large number of people
who had fled to safer areas when the so-
At the "London Jetty" in Chandpur I saw several rivercrafts and country-
During a round of the town I saw people working in the Sub-
He said that since the Pakistan Army had secured the area people felt reassured about their safety and those who had run off to rural areas were also returning to the town each day.
Near the jetties some people of the town were greatly relieved because of the presence of the Pakistan Army. They thanked the president General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan, and Pakistan Army in safeguarding the unity and integrity of Pakistan.
Sylhet, April 29 (APP) : Pakistani troops are continuing their advance towards Indian
border on the Moulviganj and Shamshernagar side south of Sylhet. The Indian infiltrators
and local miscreants are fleeing in front of the Pakistan Jawans without much resistance.
The Pakistani forces are getting full co-
The miscreants, the local people say, threaten them and force them to give money and supplies. They loot houses, shops and destroy homes of innocent people. As soon as the miscreants make an appearance, the local people immediately sent information to the Pakistani troops who are able to wipe them out quickly.
Khulna, April 29 (APP): Khulna, the sprawling third largest city of East Pakistan
saw lot of trouble, during past month, at the hands of miscreants and anti-
The Pakistan Army cleared Khulna city by the end of last month and then steadily secured other important towns of the district during the following days. The last pockets of resistance at Bagerhat was wiped out last week and heavy casualties inflicted on the Indian infiltrators and their collaborators. The survivors are reported to have fled across the border.
The entire district has now been cleared from miscreants and anti-
The civil administration was completely paralysed and a reign of terror was let loose
on peaceful citizens. When the Army started its action of March 26, the anti-
The Army, however, took about five days to clear the entire city from miscreants
and infiltrators. This was due to their having taken position in some residential
areas which forced the Army to move with caution in order to avoid harm to innocent
citizens. The patriotic elements lent active support and co-
Peace Committee
With law and order restored the peaceful citizens demonstrated their jubilation hoisting Pakistan flag on their houses, took out processions and expressed firm faith in the solidarity and integrity of the country. Peace committees comprising representatives of various political parties were formed in various localities, and later central peace committee was constituted for the city which took the task of coordinating and helping efforts towards normalising thing and channelising public complaints for immediate action by the ML authorities.
The ML authorities have put civic life back in to gear with active help of the people. All civic amenities including electricity, water supply and telephone have been restored. Shops and markets remain open from morning to evening and there is rush of customers in markets at every corner. Articles of daily use are in abundance and selling at routine prices, particular care has been taken to maintain flow of food supply.
Attendance in offices
All Government and semi-
The Khulna Newsprint Mills resumed production about a week ago and has started shopping newsprint consignments to West Pakistan also. Already over 60 per cent of the normal production has been regained and is being increased more labour reports for duty.
During last one week about one thousand tons of newsprint was shipped to West Pakistan. More is being loaded at the Khulna port for consumption in West Pakistan and also for newspaper centres in East Pakistan.
The Khulna port is functioning normally. During my visit there I saw a number of
cargo-
The Army had also prevented a vain efforts by the anti-
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