23 Brigade group stationed at Rangpur-Sayedpur area was given similar missions. 25 Punjub located in the satellite town adjacent to Rajshahi remained under constant pressure. One of its company was sent to Pabna. A company of 26 Frontier Force got surrounded around Dinajpur. 23 Field Regiment moved to capture Bogra. In addition, this brigade had 29 cavalry, two companies of engineers belonging to 10 and 6 Engineer battalions, brigade Signal Company and one field ambulance at Rangpur. With the vast tract of land north of Tista bridge, Dinajpur, Bogra, Pabna and Rajshahi gone to the hands of the liberation forces, the Pakistani brigade group at Rangpur was most unhappily disposed.
The situation was no better in Comilla sector. A task force from Comilla consisting of 24 Frontier Force, detachment of engineers and 88 Mortar battery with 120 millimeter mortars moved to Chittagong at 0100 hours on March 26. This left 53 Brigade weak with only 53 Field Regiment artillery and I Commando battalion for operations in Comilla. 31 Punjub regiment remained strung at Sylhet, which, for all practical purposes, remained cut off from the parent brigade since the crackdown.
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