‘Memorials to be built at Mirpur mass killing grounds’

Minister for Liberation War Affairs AKM Mozammel Huq said on Thursday memorials will be built at Alokdia, Muslimbari and Zalladkhana in Mirpur area where mass killings took place in 1971, report agencies.

"These projects will be implemented as part of the national plan to preserve the memories of the Liberation War," said the minister at a programme at Mirpur Harunur Rashid Mollah Eidgah field.

Mentioning that the independence of Bangladesh was achieved following the sacrifice of millions of lives, the minister said, "To make this achievement meaningful, the country's people will have to know the real history of the liberation war and have to own the sense of liberation."

The minister also said the government will take all necessary steps to preserve the memories of the Liberation War.

AKM Mozammel Huq said 'identity cards' will be provided to the 'true' freedom fighters and residential facilities will be provided

to the freedom fighters without homes.