Akhira tragedy day today

Pakistani army killed 93 innocent Bangalees at Akhira village in Phulbari upazila on this day in 1971.
The occupation forces with the help of local collaborators opened fire on the unarmed members of 40 families, including women and children.
Various programmes have been chalked out to mark the day, said the local organisers.
The relatives of the deceased have been observing the day themselves since the year of the massacre as the government is yet to take any initiative in this regard.
Mokhlesur Rahman, 50, who survived the massacre, lamented that the local administration never took any move to observe the day.
The Pakistani troops with the help of local Razakars entered Parbatipur, Phulbari, Birampur and Nawabganj upazilas on April 13 in 1971 and tortured the residents savagely.
On April 17, they took 85 out of them to a nearby pond at Akhira and shot them dead, said Mokhlesur. Later, the Pakistani forces caught eight others and killed them.
Mokaddes Hossain Labu, commander of Dinajpur Muktijoddha Sangsad, said "We do not have sufficient fund to build memorials of the victims".