RAJSHAHI, Jan 3, 2022 (BSS) - A Police Freedom Fighters Memorial Museum is going to
be built here to let the present and future generations know about their
greatest contribution and supreme sacrifice of the great sons of the soil
during the War of Liberation.

   Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) will establish the museum at its police
line compound.

   Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Benazir Ahmed accompanied by RMP
Commissioner Abu Kalam Siddique and Deputy Inspector General of Police Abdul
Baten laid the foundation stone of the museum today.

   Speaking on the occasion, Benazir Ahmed said the then DIG Mamun Mahmud and
the then SP Shah Abdul Mazid were killed by Pakistani military on the initial
stage of the war in Rajshahi and the countrymen would never forget the
sacrifice of police during the War of Liberation.

   Shah Abdul Mazid joined as Superintendent of Police (SP) of Rajshahi on
August 15, 1970.

   On March 29, Pakistani military attempted to take control over the
Rajshahi police lines. Then police led by the SP had resisted them. More than
50 policemen had been martyred in the battle. Many Pakistani military men
were also killed and injured.

   On March 31, the Pakistani military forcibly took away SP Mazid from the
banglow of Deputy Commissioner and since then he has remained missing.

   Ahmed said police personnel had forged armed resistance against the first
attack of the Pakistani military at the starting stage of the war.

   On March 26 in 1971, hundreds of policemen became martyred in Dhaka, he
added.

   He also mentioned the spirit of the War of Liberation should be
highlighted before the new generation.

   The IGP inaugurated the newly constructed buildings of Malopara Police
Camp, Talaimary Police Camp and Ration Store as well.