Karai Kadipur massacre

Karai Kadipur massacre
কড়ই কাদিপুর হত্যাকান্ড
Location Karai Kadipur, Joypurhat, Bangladesh
Date 26 April 1971 (UTC+6:00)
Target Bengali Hindus
Attack type
Mass murder, Massacre
Weapons Light Machine Guns
Deaths 370
Perpetrators Pakistani Army, Razakars

Karai Kadipur massacre (Bengali: কড়ই কাদিপুর হত্যাকান্ড) was the massacre of unarmed Hindu villagers of Joypurhat on 26 April 1971 by the Pakistani army and the Razakars.[1][2][3] 370 Hindus were killed in the massacre in the villages of Karai, Kadipur and other adjoining villages.[1][3]

Background

In 1971, the twin villages of Karai and Kadipur were under Joypurhat sub-division of Rajshahi district, now under Bambu Union of Joypurhat Sadar Upazila in Joypurhat district bordering India. The two villages were predominantly Hindu inhabited mostly by the people from Kumbhakar caste.

Events

On the night of 24 April, the Pakistani army arrived from Santahar by train and occupied the sub-divisional town of Joypurhat. From the morning of 25 April, the Pakistani army began killing of the civilians and engaged in loot and arson. The people of Joypurhat began to flee to the country side. On 26 April, the army aided by the collaborators targeted the Hindu dominated villages of Karai and Kadipur. They encircled the villages and took the Hindu men in their captivity. The men were made to stand in a line and burst fired using light machine guns.

Memorial

No memorial has been built so far in the memory of the victims.[2] The Bangladesh government had acquired three decimals of land to build a memorial in the late nineties, however the memorial is yet to be built.

List of persons killed

No initiative from the government has been taken so far in preparing a comprehensive list of the victims of the massacre. The partial list includes the following names.

References

  1. 1 2 "370 Hindus killed in a single day". The Daily Star (Dhaka). April 26, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "কড়ই-কাদিপুর গণহত্যা দিবস আজ". Kaler Kantho (Dhaka). April 26, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "আলীম ও তার সহযোগীরা কড়ই কাদিপুরে ৩৭০ জনকে গুলিতে হত্যা করে". The Daily Janakantha (Dhaka). April 26, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2012.

Coordinates: 25°05′17″N 89°03′43″E / 25.088°N 89.062°E / 25.088; 89.062

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