বাংলা 
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December 4 is Khoksa Enemy-Free Day. On this day in 1971 the freedom fighters hoisted the red-green flag of victory in that upazila of Kushtia.
Local residents say that Khoksa High School at the upazila headquarters, Shomspur High School, the auction centre of Golabari at Ganeshpur and Moragachha were strongholds of the Razakar force, an accomplice of the Pakistan army. Against the killing, rape, looting and arson in this land, a unit of the area's freedom fighters stood united. First a plan was made to occupy the thana in order to oust the Pakistani police.
As planned, at around 11 o'clock on the night of December 3, 25 freedom fighters led by Mujib Bahini commander Alauddin Khan, K M Moddasher Ali, Alhaj Sadr Uddin Khan, Nurul Islam Dulal, Alhaj Saidur Rahman Montu, Rokon Uddin Bachchu and Tarikul Islam Taru attacked the thana from all sides. After a night-long battle, in the morning 35 policemen and 360 Razakar members surrendered.
On December 4 the flag of Bangladesh was hoisted at Khoksa thana by Altaf Hossain, former headmaster of Khoksa Janipur Pilot High School. Present at the time were the valiant freedom fighters Alauddin Khan, Moddasher Ali, Alhaj Sadr Uddin Khan, Golam Sarwar Pata, Alhaj Saidur Rahman Montu and other freedom fighters. With the large quantity of captured firearms and the detainees, the freedom fighters reached camp safely; on December 4, when a large group of the Pak invaders again tried to occupy the thana, the group of militia and Pakistani soldiers was forced to leave Khoksa in the face of the freedom fighters' resistance. Khoksa became free of the enemy.
To observe the day, this year the upazila Muktijoddha Sangsad will arrange a procession, a discussion meeting and a milad mahfil.
Khoksa upazila chairman Alhaj Sadr Uddin Khan, upazila nirbahi officer Mosa Selina Banu, president of upazila Awami League and Betbaria UP chairman Babul Akhtar, mayor of Khoksa pourashava Tarikul Islam and others have urged everyone to be present at the event.
Former commander Alauddin Khan told the Daily Kushtia: "For attacking Khoksa thana I held meetings with nearly four to five hundred people, but most of them forbade the attack. Then on December 3 Razakar commander Abdul Hai sent me a message that if I did not attack the thana within the day, I would not be able to do so again. Although Abdul Hai was a Razakar, he used to give us information. But that evening, without saying anything to Abdul Hai, we held a secret meeting at the house of Abdus Sattar of Mukshetpur. The meeting decided that the thana would be attacked that very night."
Alauddin Khan also said: "At about 11 o'clock on the night of December 3 we attacked Khoksa thana. The fighting between the police and us continued until 4 in the morning. Then, entering the thana, we threatened to hurl grenades, and the police surrendered. From the police 135 rifles and 45 cartons of bullets were recovered. There we detained 360 Razakars and 35 policemen and took them to the Manikkat freedom fighters' camp. On December 4 we hoisted the flag of Bangladesh at Khoksa thana headquarters."
