Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said the government is taking initiative to shift the graves of freedom fighters to Bangladesh from India, reports BSS.
He said this while addressing the inaugural ceremony of a Liberation War Gallery at Lokayan Biodiversity Museum in Thakurgaon's sadar upazila.
Asaduzzaman said many freedom fighters who embraced martyrdom in Bangladeshi bordering areas during the Liberation War were buried in the Indian states of Tripura and Meghalaya.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has already given directives to take initiative of bring back the graves, he said.
The minister said application has also been lodged to this end.
He said after the assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country was guided on the wrong direction.
After assuming power, Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been taking the country in the right direction, he added.
Asaduzzaman said during the tenure of AL government, war criminals and killers of Bangabandhu were brought to justice to free the nation from stigma.
Later, the minister inaugurated Bhulli police station at Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila this evening.
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