clandestine means to the secessionists. A large number of rifles bearing the marking of the Rifle Factory Ishapur have been captured, besides stocks of ammunition having Kirkee Factory markings.
It has been established that Nos. 76, 81, 83,101, 103, and 104 Border Security Force battalions had been engaged in operations in East Pakistan. Later information showed that two more battalions were pushed into action; 73 BSF battalion in Mokhilganj area (Conch Bihar), No. 77 BSF battalion in area west of Dinajpur and 18 BSF in Bangaon, west of Jessore. Senior Army commanders were directing the operations. One of them was the commander of 61 Mountain Bridge and has recently been positioned at Dimagiri, 25 miles north-east of Rangamati. East Pakistan.
The establishment of several “refugee camps" near the East Pakistan borders has been a clever move by the Indians to operate under cover of providing relief to the so-called “refugees from East Bengal." A number of these camps are being used as bases for launching infiltrators and for dispatching arms and supplies to anti-state element in East Pakistan. It may be added in this context that on the pretext of maintaining these refugee camps funds are being collected at several places in India besides stores end supplies, and military training is being imparted at these camps.
Documentary Evidence
"If any proof, documentary or otherwise, of the Indian interference in Pakistan's internal affairs is to be required, Rajshahi has it in abandon)" reported an APP correspondent, Yawar Altaf, giving first-hand account of what he saw in Rajshahi. Here are extracts from his dispatch published in several papers.
"The army has a heap of captured Indian arms and ammunition. A noteworthy weapon which was shown by the local army commander to me was a heavy machine gun with Czech markings. Czech arms are in use by the Indian Army and Pakistan Army never had any. It was captured from in infiltrator in Nawabganj area".
"I also saw a document in possession of the Army officers which proves more than the armed Indian intervention in Pakistan's internal affairs. It is a document which also proves that the Indians were in league with certain sections of the separatist Awami League in fulfilling their unholy machinations vis-a-vis Pakistan. The document is a secret letter addressed to an anti-State person by a local:
Awami League leader for a meeting with an Indian across the border to discuss supply of heavy arms. It is handwritten by one Dr. Bachachu, of Rajshahi town, to one Kasem Sahib, living in Nawabganj, which is about 13 miles across the Indian border, in Murshidahad district.
"Reading the contents of the letter, a person with even a modicum of intelligence can tell that India had its men in the ranks of the Awami League."
"The contents, which would serve as an eye-opener to the foreign world, are as follows".
