In (lie same district the Dacca Medical College received direct bazooka fire and a mosque was badly damaged.
Police HQ attacked
As the university came under attack columns of troops moved in on the Rajarbag headquarters of the East Pakistan police on the other side of the city.
Tanks opened fire first and then the troops moved in and levelled the men's sleeping quarters, firing incendiary rounds into the buildings.
It was not known, even by people living opposite, how many died, but out of the 1,100 police based there, not many are believed to have escaped.
As this was going on other units had surrounded the Sheikh's house. When contacted shortly before 1 a.m. he said he was expecting an attack any minute and that he had sent everyone except his servants and a bodyguard a way to safety.
A neighbor said that at 1.10 a.m. one tank, an armored car and trucks loaded with troops drove down the street firing over the house.
"Sheikh, you should come down,” an officer called out in English as they stopped outside.
Sheikh Rahman replied by stepping out on to his balcony and saying
"Yes,” I am ready but there is no need to fire all you need to have done was call me on the telephone and I would have come."
The officer then walked into the garden of the house and told the Sheikh: “You arc arrested."
He was taken away, along with three servants, an aide and his bodyguard who was badly beaten up when he started to insult the officer.
Documents taken
As lie was driven off-presumably to Army headquaiters-the soldiers moved into the house, took away all documents, smashed everything in sight, locked the garden gate, shot down the green, red and yellow “Bangladesh" (Free Bengal) flag and drove away.
By 2 a.m. on the 26th fires were burning all over the city. Troops had occupied the university and surrounding areas and were busy killing off students still in hiding and replacing independence flags en with Pakistani national standards.
There was still heavy shelling in some areas but the fighting was noticeably beginning to slacken. Opposite the intercontinental Hotel, a platoon of troops stormed the empty offices of Dacca's People newspaper, burning it down along with most houses in the area and killing a lone night watchman.
