827 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড Tetulia is now under control of liberation forces who are fiercely fighting Pak troops in Pachagarh and Thakurgaon sectors of Dinajpur and inflicting heavy casualties on them, our Raiganj correspondent adds. Bodies of many Pak troops bearing bullet injuries are floating down river Tangon to Bangshihari of West Dinajpur. Our Agartala Office adds: In a fierce battle for three continuous days since June 9 at Karerhat in Ramgarh sector Bangladesh forces killed 200 Pak troops according to a delayed report received from across the border. One hundred fifty dead bodies of Pak soldiers were on exhibition on June 11 at Karerhat. On June 12, however, the Bangladesh forces had to retreat from Karerhat when the reinforced Pak Army launched attacks on the former. Nearly 20,000, men. women and children-mostly Muslims -crossed the border on Wednesday at Mohanpur alone following Pak Army's indiscriminate shelling throughout the whole night on Tuesday in an area of 20 sq miles in the southernmost part of Sylhet district opposite to Mohanpur and Sidhan. Streams of evacuees were seen moving in foot towards Agartala in the entire eight mile route from Sidhan to Mohanpur. The evacuees said the shelling was so heavy that about 30 villages had been burnt in one night rendering 50,000 villagers homeless and killing many. For the first time foreign aid for Bangladesh evacuees sheltered in Tripura were received yesterday. A Canadian Air Force Hercules aircraft delivered 49,000 pounds of Australian aid today at Agartala. The consignment included polythene sheets, tarpaulins, anti-biotic medicines and food-stuffs valued at Rs. eight lakhs. The aircraft has been chartered by the Australian Government to carry aid materials to India and Nepal. Graeme K. E. Noonan, Second Secretary and Consul, Australian High Commission in New Delhi who delivered the aid Tripura Government told Hindustan Standard that for a week from June 19 one aircraft each day will be carrying shelter materials for Bangladesh evacuees direct from Australia to Agartala.
