Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday morning paid tribute to the martyred intellectuals on the occasion of the Martyred Intellectuals Day.
Yunus placed wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur in the morning.
He stood there in solemn silence for a while as a mark of profound respect to the memories of the illustrious men and women of the soil.
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On the night of December 14, 1971, over 200 intellectuals including educationists, journalists, litterateurs, writers, physicians, scientists, lawyers, artists, philosophers and political thinkers had been picked up in Dhaka by the Pakistani occupation forces, aided by their local collaborators.
The intellectuals were taken blindfold to torture cells in Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Nakhalpara, Rajarbagh and other locations in different parts of the city and later executed en masse at different killing grounds, most notably Rayerbazar and Mirpur.
Since then, the day has been observed as the Martyred Intellectuals Day.