Today is the 43rd death anniversary of Dr Azharul Huq and Dr Humayun Kabir who were brutally tortured and killed by the Al-Badr, a paramilitary wing of the West Pakistan Army, in 1971.
They fell victim of the Al-Badr’s atrocities for treating injured freedom fighters during the Liberation War.
On November 15, 1971, the Al-Badr men took them away from their houses located in capital’s Hatirpool and later killed them. The next day their bodies were found lying underneath a culvert in front of the Notre Dame College with eyes, hands and legs tied up.
That day in the evening the two were buried in capital’s Azimpur Graveyard during curfew. They are the first victims of Al-Badr’s operation for killing intellectuals.
In observance of their death anniversaries, a doa-mahfil will take place at the Azimpur graveyard after Asr prayers today. The well wishers are requested to attend.
Dr Azharul Huq is husband of a central leader of Ekattorer Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee Salma Huq.