<i>'Kamanna shaheed day' today </i>
Today is November 26, reminder of heroic freedom fighters' martyrdom at Kamanna village in Shailkupa in Jhenidah.
On this day in 1971, Pakistani occupation army guided by local collaborators shot dead 27 freedom fighters in a surprise nightly attack.
Forty-two freedom fighters, who had fought against Pak army all day long, reached the village said freedom fighter Rashedul Hassan Bablu. Tired, they took shelter at the houses of Madhob Chandra Bhoumik and Samila Begum and fell asleep at night.
Local Rajakars, who came to know about their presence, guided the Pak army at Jhenidah Cadet College and Magura to Kamanna village. They retreated when freedom fighters from the nearest camp marched towards the spot and opened fire.
In the morning, the freedom fighters and villagers buried 27 bodies in five graves on the bank of Kumar river.
Local freedom fighters have urged setting up of a memorial and preservation of the graves of the freedom fighters.
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