400 Pak troops killed in Mukti Fouj raids
MUJIBNAGAR, AUG. 27 – Over 400 Pakistani troops including two Army officers and about 40 Rajakars were killed in guerilla raids by the Mukti Bahini in different sectors of Bangladesh between August 20 to 25 according to reports received at the liberation forces headquarters here, says PTI.
The reports said the freedom fighters also killed 19 Pakistani Army collaborators and took five enemy troops into their custody.
Armed and vehicles captured included seven rifles, a machine gun, eight guns and eight country boats.
Eleven Pakistani army men, including an officer, were killed when the Mukti Bahini raided a Pakistani Army platoon at Metma near Darsana Kushtia district of Bangladesh on August 22, according to reports available at Krishnagar from across the border.
Reference: Hindustan Standard, 28.08.1971