BATTLE AT MEHERPUR
Monday a Calcutta news paper said that East Bengalis and West Pakistanis were locked in battle at Meherpur, four miles (seven kilometres) inside Pakistan opposite Betai.
But Sunday night almost the entire population had fled at the approach of a small Pakistani detachment.
Airfield captured
The Press Trust of India meanwhile reported Monday night that East Bengali secessionist forces had captured the strategic Shalutikor airfield near the town of Sylhet in the north east corner of East Pakistan.
The agency said Sunday night that the town itself was already in Bengali Hindu and the entire area had now been virtually cleared of government forces. According to eye- withnesses quoted by PTI.
The Djakarta Times, 21th April 1971
সূত্র: আন্তর্জাতিক গণমাধ্যম ও মুক্তিযুদ্ধ ১৯৭১ . ১ম খণ্ড – মুনতাসীর মামুন