467 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড But a traveler reaching New Delhi from Dacca said most shops in the city are closed and food is getting scarce. Another arrival on the same flight said the army is in full control of the city, which appears to have been heavily damaged. Pakistan has made another protest to India alleging interference Pakistan's internal affairs. The Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad was told that organized demonstrations against the Pakistan Mission in India could have serious repercussions. The High Commissioner was also told that false reports had been sent from a clandestine radio in the mouth of the River Hoogly. This has already been denied by India. |Banks: 1330 Travelers: 2030 Protest: 1730 with denial DUN 2} |(}/CK wყ # বাং 1.4.71 C.90 21.30 PAKISTAN-TWO Reports from newspaper correspondents recently in East Pakistan say that the capital. Dacca, and other major cities were firmly under military control. They also report that when the army first went in, there was widespread killing of civilians in part of Dacca, especially among supporters of the East Pakistan leader, Sheikh Mujibur-Rahman. West Pakistan troops from the Punjab were blamed for a massacre of students and staff at Dacca University. Large areas of the city were said to be destroyed or still burning. Some reports say that, outside the main cities, the trouble was continuing. A correspondent of the American news agency, United Press International, says he managed to reach one town (Jessore) not far from the Indian border. He said he was shown the bodies of women and children who, he was told, had been bayoneted by Pakistan troops before they pulled out of the town. An accusation by Pakistan that armed Indians had crossed the border into East Pakistan has been denied by an Indian Government spokesman. Reports: D/PCORR (SMITH); UP! Indian denial 1443 Infiltration 1000 AMK 2/20/B η বাংলা 2.4.71. S. 4 SNAP ADO PAKISTAN A BBC special correspondent who has just returned from Jessore says it is clear that the Pakistan Government is not telling the truth about the situation the fighting was still going on and a lot of innocent civilians were being killed, including women and children.
