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'''Jalladkhana Killing Field''' ({{Lang-bn|জল্লাদখানা বধ্যভূমি}}), is a [[mass grave]] site in [[Mirpur, Dhaka]] used in the [[1971 Bangladesh genocide]] by [[Pakistan Army]] and its local collaborators during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Bangladesh Liberation war]].
[[File:জল্লাদখানা বধ্যভূমি.jpg|thumb|Front side of Jalladkhana Killing field]]

== Events ==

On March 25, 1971, Pakistan Army launched [[Operation Searchlight|Operation searchlight]] to curb the [[Bengali nationalism|Bengali nationalist]] movement in former [[East Pakistan]]. The army was aided by members of local [[Islamism|Islamist]] groups and [[Mahajir (Pakistan)|non-Bengali ethnic communities]] in the persecution of Bengali people. Jalladkhana was an abandoned pump house in Mirpur, Dhaka that was used as one of the killing fields. After being detained in various parts of the city, the victims were brought to this site, beheaded and thrown into a water well and several pits dug out for mass graves.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kalam|first=Zaid|title=Killing fields of 1971: Our grief, our strength|work=The Daily Star|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/killing-fields-1971-our-owes-our-strength-1330243|access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-03-26|title=When the Black Night fell, 46 years ago|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/when-the-black-night-fell-46-years-ago/article17665464.ece|access-date=2020-06-03|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

In 1999, an excavation in the site unearthed 70 skulls and 5,392 bone fragments belonging to people of both genders and various ages, as well as fragments of clothes and ornaments belonging to the victims.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Liberation War Memorials|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/home/printnews/142524|access-date=3 June 2020|website=theindependentbd.com|publisher=The Independent}}</ref>

In 2013, [[Abdul Quader Molla]], a leader of [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]], was convicted of the execution of [[Khondakar Abu Taleb|Khandakar Abu Taleb]] at Jalladkhana in 1971 among five other charges of [[crimes against humanity]],<ref name="bdnews24.com 2013">{{cite web |date=2013-02-05 |title=Molla sentenced to life in jail |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/02/05/molla-sentenced-to-life-in-jail |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=bdnews24.com}}</ref> and was given the [[capital punishment]].<ref name="death sentence">{{cite web |title=Case history |url=http://www.supremecourt.gov.bd/scweb/case_history/case_history.php?div_id=1&case_id=601845 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130921020816/http://www.supremecourt.gov.bd/scweb/case_history/case_history.php?div_id=1&case_id=601845 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |access-date=12 December 2013 |publisher=Supreme Court}}</ref>
[[File:Plaque_at_Jalladkhana_Killing_Field_Memorial_Site_-_Dhaka_-_Bangladesh_(12831313665).jpg|thumb|Plaque at Jalladkhana Killing Field Memorial Site]]

== Public memorial ==
[[Liberation War Museum]], Bangladesh established a memorial and public exhibition on the site, which was opened to the public on 21 June 2007.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-12-14|title=Mirpur's Jalladkhana Killing Field Memorial in photos|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/mirpur-jalladkhana-memorial-photos-1329775|access-date=2020-06-03|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)|International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Aftermath of the Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:Military history of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:History museums in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Museums in Dhaka]]
[[Category:Mass graves]]

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