Gabha Narerkathi massacre
Gabha Narerkathi massacre was a premediated massacre of Bengali Hindus in Gabha Narerkathi in Barisal, Bangladesh on 2 May 1971 by the Pakistan Army in collaboration with the Razakars during the Bangladesh Liberation War. According to sources, 95-100 Bengali Hindus were killed by the Pakistani Occupation Forces and the Razakars. Background. Gabha Narerkathi (misspelt as "Gava Narerkathi") is a village under Banaripara Upazila of Barisal District, Barisal Division, Bangladesh. Before the events of 1971, it used to be a Hindu majority village, being in the region of Gava Schoolbari and Gava Bazar which were the ancestral  lands of the Ghosh Dastidar family. Events. The soldiers of the Pakistan Army, accompanied by the razakars of surrounding villages, came to Gabha Narerkathi on the morning of 2 May. They then ordered all the Hindus of the village to come out of their homes for a "peace committee" meeting. They were captured by the razakars and taken to the bank of a nearby canal, where they were shot and killed. Some of them who tried to escape by jumping into the water got drowned and carried away by the fast water stream. Aftermath. After the end of the war , the site of the massacre was marked by the local people, but till now neither a memorial has been constructed for the fallen, nor the victims' names have been tabulated.