437 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ পঞ্চম খন্ড majority party, just play its party in this settlement. He has also demanded a speedy return to civilian rule. Mr. Bhutto. whose tour was organized by the military junta, was immediately called back to West Pakistan. His later meeting with Yahya indicate they are no longer seeing eye to eye. ৬ নভেম্বর, ১৯৭১ The Asian', an international news weekly published from Hongkong covered the increased activities of the Liberation armed forces in the occupied areas of Bangladesh. The report captioned "Bangladesh fighters harass Pak army in renewal resistance" begins with a description of "Razakars:, the mercenaries raised by the invaders. It reads. "in the occupied areas of Bangladesh today, the chief operators in this murky field are the Razakars. Their name has lofty historic associations; it means, literally, "Servants of the king." In fact, the Razakar are paid agents of the Pakistani army. Their special operations are haphazard personal assaults. These hired hands of the Pakistani security forces have also set a standard fee for "aiding" the enemy are paid to repress. The charge for guiding Bengalis on their war to safety is three rupees (about 40 US cents) In such a field of twilight operations, where "protection" is an ambidextrous business, it is often unclear whose interest are really being served. It is, for example quite possible that Pakistan Army officers are content to ignore the devious aid that the Razakars give to fleeing refugees, reckoning that it can only add to the tide of confusion and panic. But two things can be said with certainty about these hirelings. First, money talks eloquently to them. Secondly, they can be very hasty and brutal. As the onslaught by our valiant armed forces mount into organized frontal offensive, these band of Razakars, when the occupation army has left to our mercy, willingly and/or unwilling come forward to our help. The Asian comments, the Razakars have been recruited from among the Biharis, these immigrants to Bangladesh whose arrival dates from the partition of India. As guerilla raids have increased, so have their activates. In addition to assisting refuges, some of them have been known to act as guides to the Mukti Bahini, the Liberation Army, during their forays against isolated outposts. There are signs now that the Pakistani army may be losing faith in the efficacy of the Razakars, who are evidently not living up to their unofficial designation of a "Home Guard." Some Bengalis among them have defected with their weapons, to the Bangladesh guerillas. It is known that training courses which were conducted for Razakar recruits on the playing fields of Dacca University have now been abandoned. The same mark the surrounds the movements of the Razakars envelopes large areas of the whole field of spasmodic conflict in Bangladesh. But some clear pointers are beginning to emerge now and they suggest that the Bangladesh forces are now more "battle-hardened" and rare ready to launch attacks on a far more impressive scale that hitherto.
