Liberation War of Bangladesh

The Battle of kalurghat
In the afternoon of March 26, a manned light machine gun propped up form the MV SWAT facing the recruits and men from 8 East Bengal Regiment who were brought there for unloading the ship, were lined up on the jetty number 17. The machine gun opened up and they were killed brutally. Six or seven of them escaped this brutal killing by jumping into the river Karnaphuli.
On March 28 one platoon of regulars, commanded by Lieutenant Shamsher Mobin and another platoon of East Pakistan Rifles commanded by Captain Harun were told to take up defensive position near Chawk Bazar area. Defensive position was ready by March 29. By that time Pakistan army put in the first attack on the evening of March 29, this attack was repulsed by our troops. The fighting in the city became so intensive that on April 1, our position in the city had to be abandoned and the troops fell back to Kalurghat the same night. The battalion headquarters was established nearby.