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leader), Mohammad Habib Mian Howladar, Ruhul Amin and Mohammad Alam Mridha of the war crimes. The judge directed the Officer in Charge of Mathbaria police station to lodge an FIR and investigate into the matter. When the police asked for further directive from the court, the judge referred the case
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were led by Commander Iskander Ali Mridha, Mukul Ahmed Badshah, Ansar Ali Khalifa and Syed Howladar. They broke open the doors and tied up the men, women and children. After that they raped the women, and took 37 men captive, tied with ropes. The men were taken to Mathbaria police station. Seven of
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On 8 October 2010, survivor Jnanendra Mitra filed a lawsuit with the Court of Senior Assistant Judge at Mathbaria, against eight persons accusing them of the killings. The lawsuit accused Abdur Jabbar Engineer (Vice Chairman of
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took place on the early hours of 7 October 1971 in Suryamani village of the then Barisal district in East Pakistan. The
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have visited the place twice for investigation. The tribunal has so far collected the testimony of 18 witnesses.
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and former M.P. from Pirojpur-3 constituency), Iskander Ali Mridha (Charmain of Tikikata Union and leader of
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The village of Suryamani was located in Pirojpur sub-division of erstwhile Barisal district, now under
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raided the houses of Haldar and Mitra families in the village of Angulkata now under Sadar Union of
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embankment to the south of Suryamani village. They were made to stand in a line and shot by the
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died on the spot. Six of them escaped miraculously after surviving bullet wounds.
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them were released for a huge ransom. They rest 30 were taken to the
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headquarters. Towards the south of the village is a
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Suryamani massacre is located in Bangladesh
Bengali Hindus
Massacre
Razakars
Bengali
Bengali Hindus
Razakars
Bengali Hindus
a series
Violence against Hindus
in East Pakistan
and Bangladesh

Religious persecution
Ethnic relations
Freedom of religion
Religious violence
Secularism
Religious intolerance
1950 Barisal Riots
1962 Rajshahi massacres
1964 East-Pakistan riots
Sitakunda massacre
Anderson Bridge massacre
Muladi massacre
Incidents in 1971
Adityapur massacre
Akhira massacre
Bagbati massacre
Baria massacre
Barguna massacre
Bhimnali massacre
Dakra massacre

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