The government would delist fake freedom fighters after reviewing the policies by forming an upazila-level committee, said Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque.
He made the statement while talking to journalists after visiting the district freedom fighters building on Wednesday afternoon.
He said: “The fake freedom fighters will be delisted on the basis of specific allegations. We will delist them after consulting with the real freedom fighters in upazila level.”
Mentioning that the present government has taken a number of steps in order to honour the freedom fighters, he said: “We have increased the regular allowances for the freedom fighters. Moreover, Freedom Fighters Complex has been set up in every upazilas.”
The minister further said the government would build mausoleum on every killing fields in a bid to preserve the history of genocide conducted by the Pakistani army during the 1971 liberation war.