The statue that commemorates the liberation of Bangladesh was destroyed by ‘anti-India vandals’ in the neighbouring country, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor claimed on Monday.
On social media site X, the Congress MP shared a photograph showing the statue that encapsulates the moment Pakistan surrendered during the 1971 war. In another picture, though, the statue was broken and scattered on the floor.
“Sad to see images like this of statues at the 1971 Shaheed Memorial Complex, Mujibnagar, destroyed by anti-India vandals. This follows disgraceful attacks on the Indian cultural centre, temples and Hindu homes in several places, even as reports came in of Muslim civilians protecting other minority homes and places of worship,” Tharoor wrote.
The famous statue in Mujibnagar depicts the signing of the ‘Instrument of Surrender’ by Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, Pakistan Army Major-General, to the Indian Army and Bangladesh’s Mukti Bahini.
Pakistan Army’s Major-General surrendered along with the 93,000 troops before Lt General Jagjit Singh Aurora, the then General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of India’s Eastern Command in the largest military surrender since World War II.
Tharoor further stated that Muhammad Yunus and the interim government in Bangladesh should take urgent steps to restore the law and order situation in the interests of people of all faiths.
“The agenda of some of the agitators is quite clear. @Yunus_Centre and his interim government must take urgent steps to restore law & order in the interests of all Bangladeshis, of every faith. India stands with the people of Bangladesh at this turbulent time, but such anarchic excess can never be condoned,” Tharoor said.
