Liberation War of Bangladesh

Genocide started with the army crackdown at midnight of 25 March 1971. The army cordoned PEELKHANA, the headquarters of the EAST PAKISTAN RIFLES (EPR), Rajarbagh police barracks, and the ANSAR headquarters at khilgoan. More than 800 EPR men were first disarmed and arrested and many of them were brutally killed. A few hundred of them, however, managed to escape and later joined the liberation forces.