Liberation War of Bangladesh

Thereafter, he distributed 350 troops of East Pakistan Rifles to various task forces under command of an officer each. These task forces were meant tor the city. The whole city of Chittagong was divided into various sectors and each sector was given to a task force. Having made all these arrangements, major Zia made his first announcement of the radio on March 27. In this announcement apart from saying that they were fighting against Pakistan army he also declared himself as the head of the state. This of course, could have been a result of tension and confusion of the moment.