Liberation war

In fact, one night a gang of robbers attacked the house where the Marwary had taken shelter. A neighbour of the house came to know this and they cordoned the house with thousands of villagers to nab the robbers. To get rid of the villagers the robbers began shooting in the blank to create panic among the villagers. To speak the truth, it was the first time that I heard the sound of shooting. I was terribly afraid of hearing the sound and I was suffering from fever from that very day. It was generally accepted that a doctor was not available in our village. We used to go to a Kabiraj for treatment. I was sent to him for treatment of fever. The Kabiraj gave me a pepper to eat. It was surprising that I felt no hot and ate the pepper. After eating the pepper I felt I was all right.

Secondly, I would like to move to another chapter i.e. about the Pakistan army, Razakar, Al- Badr etc. It was generally believed that they were very crude and barbaric. They killed innocent villagers, mostly the young, burnt the houses of the villagers and raped women. One morning the Pakistani army attacked our village and brought the villagers to our village primary school field. The army men were asking the villagers where the Mukti Bahini was. Amidst the query, a Razakar of our neighbouring village certified that there was no Mukti Bahini in the village and all the villagers were innocent. Then the army freed the villagers. We were really passing through a darkness when our survival depended on the certificate of a Razakar.

Rumiayon