On this day in 1971
DECEMBER 23
Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmad says that those who have intentionally participated in the genocide will be prosecuted.
They will not get any mercy, he says, adding that those who were compelled to do such acts will be spared.
Returning of Bangladeshi refugees will commence shortly, says CS Kahlon, rehabilitation secretary of India.
They will be given rations for two weeks, he added. He also says that, 1,30,000 Bangladeshis has already returned on foot.
Sheikh Mujib was taken to Rawalpindi for discussion, Pakistan officials say.
“India will not keep its troops in Bangladesh for a single day, if not needed,” Indian Foreign Minister Saran Singh tells his British counterpart Sir Alec Douglas Hugm in London.
Pakistan president Bhutto fires six top Navy officers.
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