<i>SQ Chy survived freedom fighters' rage in 1971</i>
It was very difficult to conduct the operation at Salauddin Qader Chowdhury's residence goodhill during the liberation war of 1971, as it was situated on a hillock.
Four brave hearts dared to risk their lives to conduct the operation to kill SQ Chowdhury and they were Group Commander SM Mahbubul Alam, Sauren-dranath Sen, Fazlul Huq Bhuiyan, and Qazi Nurul Afsar.
The then commander SM Mahabubul Alam recalling his memories said SQ Chowdhury and his cohorts brutally killed the then Chhatra Union leader Mahbub at his goodhill residence.
“To take revenge of all the killings then City Commander Engineer Afsar Uddin directed me to conduct the operation against Salauddin,” he added. Describing the daring operation, he became excited.
On September 28 in 1971, it was a drizzly day and they were getting ready from 5:00pm, said Alam, adding that Fazlul Huq Bhuyan took a 9mm Sten gun, Saurendra took grenades, and I took a revolver.
They had news that SQ Chy would attend a family programme at Sami Uddin's residence at Chandanpura. Many collaborators and Muslim League leaders attended the programme. Sami was a leader of Muslim League, but his son Aziz was a freedom fighter.
It was planned that when SQ would drive his vehicle himself, Aziz will light his torch once and if some other drives the vehicle, the torch will be lighted twice.
The commander said in a thrilling tone that they had been waiting for three hours from 6:00pm in a narrow drain that was covered with a lid.
At 9:30pm when SQ returned, Aziz signaled once. “We were ready,” said Alam, adding that they took position on the road and fired on him.
“But it was an irony of fate that Salauddin Quader was not driving the vehicle”, he added. SQ sat behind the car and was injured seriously and fled the place jumping an adjacent wall of the road.
BBC and Voice of America broadcasted the news at that time.
Later, to revenge the incident Rajakar and Albadar activists raided Chowdhury colony and caught Mahbub's brother. They took away him at Circuit House and tortured him severely.
Demanding his immediate trial, the freedom fighter said it is unquestionable that SQ is a self-declared Rajakar commander.
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