Remembering Bir Shreshtho Munshi Abdur Rouf

It was April 8, 1971. Liberation war was in full swing. Pakistan Army soldiers attacked position of Mukti Bahini in Rangamati and Mohalchari with seven speed-boats and two launches. Plan was to drive out Mukti Bahini from the area. They came closer to the position and started firing heavily. At one point Pakistani Army cornered nearly 150 Mukti Bahinis.

Lance Nayek Munshi Abdur Rouf  realized that his entire company was in trouble. He crawled forward to a trench with the intention of firing at Pakistani Army. He managed to do so and continuously fired with the automatic machine gun at the trench.

Pakistani Army was confused with the heavy firing and was forced to drag their launches back. Two of the speed-boats drowned. This gave time to the Mukti Bahini, rest of the members of the company, to move back. Pakistani soldiers eventually started firing mortar shells after repositioning. Munshi Abdur Rouf kept firing at them so that his fellow Mukti Bahinis can get time to move back to a safer position. 

Eventually a mortar directly hit Munshi Abdur Rouf. He died. His valiant effort saved nearly 150 Mukti Bahinis.

A true Bangladeshi soldier he was. Salute.