Sunamganj Correspondent:

The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs has cancelled the gazettes of a total of 128 people from across the country, including 5 from Sunamganj district, who were listed as 'July fighters' despite not being injured in the July uprising.

A press release from the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs on Wednesday (October 29) said that the names of those listed despite not being injured or not being involved in the movement have been cancelled based on the investigation and recommendation of the district committee.

The release said, "A check of some names in the gazette list of those injured in the July uprising has shown that many were not injured, some were not even involved in the movement. Again, multiple gazettes have been published in the names of some people."

Due to these irregularities, the ministry has cancelled the gazettes of a total of 128 people, including 21 people from Mymensingh division, 27 people from Sylhet division, 39 people from Chittagong division, 9 people from Khulna division, 3 people from Rangpur division, 14 people from Dhaka division, 13 people from Rajshahi division and 2 people from Barisal division. Of these, 23 people have been cancelled due to duplicity and 105 people who were not injured and not involved in the movement have had their gazettes cancelled.

The notification further said that legal action will be taken against those who were registered as July fighters through fraud and those who helped them, as well as those who illegally embezzled government funds.

The 5 people from Sunamganj district whose gazettes have been cancelled are—

1. Md. Ruhul Amin, Category ‘C’, Gazette Number- 445
2. Mofazzal Hossain, Category ‘C’, Gazette Number- 491
3. Md. Aftab Uddin, Category ‘C’, Gazette Number- 571
4. Al-Helal Md. Iqbal Mahmud, Category ‘C’, Gazette Number- 585
5. Md. Mubarak Hossain, Category 'C', Gazette Number- 601

It is worth noting that the ministry said that verification and selection activities are ongoing to protect the dignity of the fighters who were actually injured and contributed to the July uprising.