Children learning ‘distorted’ history
March 30, 2009
Children on their way to schools often stop in front of the “martyred freedom fighters memorial” at the entrance to the town on Nilphamari-Saidpur highway. They read the names of the great sons of the soil who sacrificed their lives for their motherland. But the freedom fighters of the district claimed names of fake freedom fighters and even heinous collaborators of Pakistan army have been inscribed on the monument constructed during the tenure of past BNP- Jamaat led government. District commander of Moktijodhya Sangsad Abdul Jalil said name of Abdul Bari who was the member of notorious ‘Mujahid force’ has been included in the list. The militant group conducted massive killing and rape during the liberation war. Abdul Bari was later killed by the freedom fighters, Jalil added.
Former district commander Fazlul Haque said even the names of some well-known martyred freedom fighters are not there on the list. They are Ali Hossain, Joinal Abedin, Dhiraj and Azad Mistri.
In the face of protest and opposition from the freedom fighters, the authorities could not inaugurate the monument till today, four years after completion of its construction. Contacted, Deputy Commissioner of Nilphamari Rashidul Hasasn said he would look into the complaint of the freedom fighters with due importance.
Source: The Daily Star
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