A mass grave thought to be related to the Liberation War was found while workers were digging earth for the construction of an establishment in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura on Tuesday.
The workers said they spotted human bones, skulls and teeth during the digging for the construction of the agricultural gears conservation building adjacent to the old hall room inside the upazila council.
Locals claimed that the remains were of common people killed during the country's Liberation War in 1971.
Abdul Hai, former deputy commander of the upazila Muktijoddha Sangsad, said the occupying Pakistani forces and their collaborators set up a camp on the roof of the old hall room of the upazila parishad during the war.
“The skulls found were of common people who sacrificed their lives for the country during a fight between freedom fighters and anti-liberation forces on November 19, 1971,” he said.
The former deputy commander also said two brothers who were freedom fighters - Ahmad and Mohammad - and another freedom fighter Mohammad Ullah of the then East Bengal Regiment among others were killed during the fight.
The construction workers think that more skulls, bones and other parts of the bodies will be found once digging is continued there.
Pal, the upazila nirbahi officer, said they came to know about the matter in the morning and issued a directive to bury those under earth following religious rites alongside a corner of the upazila premises.
Abul Kalam Azad, chief imam of the upazila central mosque, said the remains were buried following the religious rules in presence of the UNO, OC, freedom fighters and others.
