Salauddin Mumtaz Salauddin Mumtaz ( 1945 - 31 July 1971 ) ( ) was a military officer who fought for the separatist side in the 1971 Bangladeshi War of Independence . He is honorifically designated " Shahid " ( " martyr " ) for dying for the Bangladeshi cause , and was also posthumously given the title " Beeruttom " ( or " Biruttam " ) , meaning " better among braves " in Bengali , the second - highest Bangladeshi award for gallantry after the Bir Sreshtho . Early life . In 1945 Salahuddin Mumtaz was born in Mukterbari , a village in North Charipoor , Feni District . His grandfather was the Muslim zamindar of Akiab , Burma ( Myanmar ) and his maternal gradfather Moulove Abdur Razzak was an MLA of the then Bengal Legislative Assembly of British India . Shamsuddin Ahmed was his father , an advocate got his LLB degree from Aligor Muslim University . Shamsuddin Ahmed started his law practice in Kolkata . Salahuddin , along with his parents when residing in Kolkata started his schooling . After the independence of Pakistan his family came back to Feni where Salahuddin completed his primary education from Debipur Primary School . He did his Matriculation from Feni Pilot High school . For ISc he studied in three colleges : Comolla Victoria College , then Doyal Shing College of Lahore and finally passed ISc from Feni College . When he was student of BSc at Feni College he joined the Pakistan Air Force ; he later shifted to the Pakistani Army ( Infantry Division ) where he reached the rank of captain . War of Independence . In 1971 Salauddin was posted in Lahore , the then - West Pakistan . On 3 July 1971 with an intention of leaving Pakistan to join the independence fight in Bangladesh , he crossed the river Monawara Tabi of Maral area and entered India . At that time Mohiuddin Jahangir , Shahriar and Anam was his companion . This incidence of leaving Pakistan had got wide coverage in the then world media . He reported to overseas Government of Bangladesh High commission at Kolkata and joined the East Bengal Regiment . After coming from Pakistan he even did not meet his mother at Feni . He was sent to sector 11 of East Bengal Regiment which was in Teldhala Camp , Meghaloy , India . The ‘ Z ’ force under the command of Major Ziaur Rahman was active on that place , Salauddin joined this force and appointed Commander of “ Delta ” Company . He involved in a dangerouns plan to attack BOP at Kamalpur . With an intention of reckoning the actual position of BOP of Kamalpur on 28 July along with Lieutenant Manna and others he visited the said BOP . During this visit they had to face two Pakistani patrol soldiers . Salahuddin had a fight with one of those soldiers . He with the help of Subedar Hai killed that Pakistani soldier and snatched his rifle . By this time firing also started from Pakistani side . Subedar Hai also snatched another rifle from the other soldier and that soldier was killed by Nayek Shafi . Along with those two rifles Salahuddin and his reckoning party came back to the camp . Under the command of Commanding Officer Major Moinul Hussain Chowdhury , the attack of Kamalpure BOP was launched on July 30 ( at night on July 31 ) , 1971 . The attack was made with two companies , Delta and Bravo from the North – East of the enemy camp . Captain Salahuddin Mumtaz commanded Delta on the left and Captain Hafiz commanded Bravo on the right . Battalion ‘ R ’ group under Major Moin was as a backup force . Major Zia was present with group ‘ R ’ . As the troops were moving towards the enemy post , the enemy artillery started firing heavily . As a result , the progress of the two companies became slow and encountered demise . The troop of Salauddin continued moving forward and entered the outer perimeter of the enemy camp . This attack was so vigorous that Pak army had to go back from their front line position . Delta Company crossed Pakistan bunker area , entered in the community center near the BOP and started a very close fighting . Subeder Hai and his group came very close to the Pakistani minefield . Salahuddin was at the right side of that group . A bomb blast before Subedar Hai and he lost his hand . Salahuddin did not stop , he was chasing Pakistani soldiers . Though casualties were increasing , the Bangladeshi fighters made progress through the minefield . At one stage of the fight , two shells dropped in front of Captain Salahuddin Mumtaz and he was killed . Recognition . In addition to his designation as a Shahid and Biruttam , a cantonment of the Bangladeshi Army is named for him : Shahid Salahuddin Cantonment ( Ghatail ) .