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376 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র : সপ্তম খণ্ড On 10 June 1971, the Indian authorities were reported to have arrested the Sub Divisional Food Controller of Dinajpur, Choudhury Motiur Rahman, and prevented him, from returning to East Pakistan Mr. Rahman had crossed the border during the recent disturbances, and wanted to return to his homeland along with a number of his countrymen. But Indian authorities did not allow them to do Տ(). On 14 June 1971, some of those returning reported that the Indians were torturing a number of East Pakistani officials, including Dr Farooq. Director of the Swedish Institute at Kaptai, East Pakistan who was misled by Indian propaganda into crossing over to India and was arrested by the Indian police. On 15 June 1971 the Dacca correspondent of APP reported,: "I watched for two hours at the reception centre in Meherpur the caravans of disillusioned men, women and children trekking through the meandering routes amidst paddy fields. The returnees wore a look which spoke for itself 'of how the Pakistani nationals, particularly Muslims were treated in the Indian camps for whom the India Government have by now amassed nearly twenty crore (200 million) rupees from the world community in the name of humanity by exploiting to the maximum her propaganda machinery. "Maltreatment, Torture. Molestation" "Scores of returnees interviewed by me narrated woeful tales of maltreatment, torture, and molestation suffered at the hands of 'volunteers' and Hindus, mostly from the border areas of India sheltered in the so-called refugee camp'. Mir Ayezuddin, a middleaged resident of Meherpur Town, said that he had gone to India with 10 members of his family. He was influenced by false and mischievous propaganda. "But to my utter dismay", he said with tears in his eyes 'those camps are a hell for the Pakistani Muslims', Another returnee was Zillur Rahman of the same area, (Meherpur), who said the Betai Camp in Tehatta police station was abode for two months. He was very sore about the fact that whatever money and belongings he could carry to India were looted by the local and the 'volunteers'. He said that he and his family members were on starvation. He said that no clothes were given to them, "nor were they provided medical care". A 26 year old school teacher of village Sranpur under Monirunpur police Station in Jessore District, Mr. A. Rahim, said in an interview on 16 June 1971, that his two months stay in Mama Bhanc camp unfolded to him how India had been bluffing the world, giving highly exaggerated figures of Pakistani displaced persons and the economic burden caused to her. He said that during his meetings with the camp inmates he found at least 50 percent Indian national from the slum area of Calcutta and the unemployed population from the border areas. Mr. Ram Boiragee, a Hindu young man of village Solok, under Uzirpur Police Station in Barisal district, also confirmed these stories. He said that he had to leave Jessore town, where he was staying in sheer panic. He was taken to Bangaon camp in India where several hundred persons were huddled together in the worst sanitary conditions-Cholera broke out soon and a number of people fell a prey to the deadly