EASY PREY
District Officer D.K. Ghosh reported 400,000 refugees flooded across the border in the Shikarpur area between May 24 and June 2. Most of them came from some 100 villages in the area of Faridpur, 150 milles (240 kms) from the frontier.
“By the time they reached India they were exhausted and famished”, said Ghosh. “They were easy prey to disease and by May 26 we were getting reports of a cholera epidemics.
Reference : Indonesian Observer, 16.06.1971