Anderson Bridge Massacre [Chittagong, Bangladesh]

[ Reported as seen]

On February 12, 1950, there was a mass murder of the Hindus travelling on the train on Anderson Bridge also known as the Bhairab Bridge.

It was a 1 km long railway bridge over the Meghna River, connecting Bhairab Bazar Junction in Kishoreganj District with Ashuganj in Brahmanbaria District. The bridge carries a single metre-gauge rail track. In 1950, it was an important rail link connecting Dhaka and Mymensingh districts on the west with Sylhet, Comilla, and Chittagong districts on the east.

The assailants would board the trains from either side either at Bhairab Bazar Junction or Ashuganj, just before the train departed. They would lock the doors of the compartment from inside. When the train was completely on the bridge, the train would stop. The assailants would pick out the Hindus one by one, force them out of the compartment, slit their throats and throw their corpses into the river.

It was a carefully planned massacre. The train crew and the guard were involved in it. Prabhas Chandra Lahiri has held Aziz Ahmed, the Chief Secretary of East Bengal, and Abdul Majid, the District Magistrate of Rajshahi responsible for this massacre.