Maj Gen (Retd) Fazlur Rahman is a national hero of Padua-Roumari border battle of 14 April 2001, in which the BDR and villagers together devised brilliant tactics to resolutely and valiantly thwart the incursion of Indian BSF and to drive them out of our territory, with casualties of 18 BSF men killed and a casualty of 3 to BDR, and probably 100 injured on two sides together.
Maj Gen (Retd) Fazlur Rahman became a hero of the battle of Padua-Roumari and he won the hearts and minds of the people of Bangladesh throughout the country.
The Indian government demanded Maj Gen (Retd) Fazlur Rahman’s head on a platter, from the bent-knee pro-India Hasina government, which without any hesitation promptly meted out a punitive transfer order to him before border talks with India. Please see the following:
Hasina govt. issued punitive transfer order as an ‘award’ for his heroic battle victory, as recorded in the Indian media.
