President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid profound tributes to the martyred intellectuals by placing wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur on the occasion of Martyred Intellectuals Day.
They placed wreaths on Monday morning to pay his homage to the great heroes, who sacrificed their lives for the cause of the country and the nation.
After placing the wreath, they stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of respect to the memories of the illustrious sons of the soil, reports BSS.
On the night of December 14 in 1971, over 200 Bangalee intellectuals including professors, journalists, doctors, artistes, engineers, and writers were picked up in Dhaka by the Pakistani occupation forces, aided by their local collaborators.
The intellectuals were taken blindfolded to torture cells in Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Nakhalpara, Rajarbagh and other locations in different parts of the city and later executed en masse at different killing grounds, most notably Rayerbazar and Mirpur.
Since then, the day is being observed as the Martyred Intellectuals Day.
