Information on the Committee for the Elimination of Indian Collaborators, particularly on the date of its founding, its activities, its connection with the "Jubo Command" and any government response toward it [BGD17992.E]

Information on the Committee for the Elimination of Indian Collaborators could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB in Ottawa. However, attached please find documents reporting a June 1992 strike in Dhaka against "Indian agents" and containing information on the "Jubo Command" which may be of interest to you.

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

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The Independent [London]. 22 June 1992. "200 Hurts as Police Fire on Meeting." (NEXIS)

Inter Press Service (IPS). 17 September 1992. Tabibul Islam. "Bangladesh: Special Powers to Curb Violence Could Boomerang." (NEXIS)

. 20 August 1992. BC Cycle. "Bangladeshis Strike to Protest Shooting of Politician." (NEXIS)

Japan Economic Newswire. 18 August 1992. "Bangladesh Opposition Leader Improving After Shooting." (NEXIS)

Reuters. 19 July 1992. BC Cycle. "Dhaka Fundamentalist Party Plans More Protests." (NEXIS)

. 20 June 1992. BC Cycle. "Street Battles Erupt During Bangladesh Strike." (NEXIS)

Additional Sources Consulted

Oral Sources.