7 FFs embraced martyrdom on Dec 9 in Karimpur battle

FARIDPUR, Dec 6 (BSS): Following the fall of Jessore cantonment, the killer Pakistani army started retreating to rear headquarter at Faridpur after crossing the river Madhumati along the Kamarkhali-Magura border.
The butchers with vain efforts as the last try for survival started consolidating their strength from different angles but the brave Mukti Bahini ambushed at different points on the Kamarkhali-Faridpur road causing casualties and material losses to the invaders.
On December 9, as many as 40 valiant Freedom Fighters led by FF commander Kazi Salauddin Nasim attacked a retreating Pakistani army van near Karimpur bridge causing them to suffer heavy losses. Soon a column of Pakistani convoy rushed to the spot, but the FFs on strategic reason retreated and took position in Dhopadanga Chandpur village.
The Pakistani soldiers followed the FFs and gheraod their position. Then an unequal mini-battle ensued between a small Muktibahini contingent and a large number of Pakistani soldiers armed with modern weapons. Still the Mukti Bahini spirited by the patriotic zeal resisted the invaders for a few hours.
Leader of this contingent Kazi Salauddin, Mesbahuddin Nowfel, Abdul Wahab, Shamsuddin Molla, Mainuddin, Abdul Hamid and Mujibur Rahman, all college students, embraced martyrdom in the Karimpur battle.