Major riots broke out in East rakistan because of the Tashkent accord between India and Pakistan in January 1966. Bengalis vehemently and vociferously protested the perceived sell-out of Pakistan's interests to India after the 1965 war. Instead of returning to the cantonments from the borders on the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, troops (mainly from the East Bengal Regiment) were rushed in "aid of civil power" to many of the major cities of East Pakistan, Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, etc. Alpha Company 2E Bengal, then commanded by Maj (later Lt Gen, COAS Bangladesh Army and President of Bangladesh) H M Ershad, with 2/Lt (later Lt Gen, COAS Bangladesh Army) ASM Nasim as his Company Officer, was sent from Jessore Cantonment to Khulna.
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