Niazi decided to relplace East Pakistan Rifles by an equivalent organization of the civil armed forces officered and manned mainly by those brought from West Pakistan. He named it East Pakistan civil armed forces and placed Major General M Jamshed to command this force. A start was already made for the recruitment and training of Mujahids and Razakar forces. Their main tasks were to defend the police station, the vulnerable targets like bridges, railway and electric installations in the interior. They were also supposed to harass, intimidate and eliminate the supporters and sympathizers of the liberation army. Thus the occupation army of Pakistan got down on the ground with 14 Division controlling areas between Dhaka-Mymensingh and Jessore, 9 Division to the east of river Meghna covering areas from Sylhet to Chittagong and 16 Division looking after the whole of north Bengal. East Pakistan civil armed forces was raised to look after the interior. With this forward posture the Pakistan army began its clearing and combing operation with all the resources at their disposal.
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