Excavation work on the Mainamati War Cemetery in Cumilla, has published the remains of 23 World War II Jap infantrymen from among the 24 buried there.
“Every grave changed into carefully excavated. On the opposite hand, no remains were came across in surely one of the vital graves,” Bir Protik Retired Lieutenant Colonel Kazi Sajjad Ali Zahir, who is helping the Jap crew rapid The Exchange Usual this day (23 November).
The excavation, which changed into scheduled to end on 24 November, changed into concluded on Friday afternoon. Amongst the 24 graves, remains of various parts of the bodies of infantrymen were came across in 23. A seven-member forensic crew from Japan has taken these remains to Dhaka, he added.
The Lt colonel additional talked about, “Even after 81 years, we beget got came across some skeletons, skulls, and other parts of the bodies of 23 infantrymen.
“It is assumed that the soldier whose grave changed into came across empty changed into very young. We hope that the forensic crew will internet positive results from the examination of the remains came across.”
The excavation work began on 13 November.
At the Mainamati War Cemetery, located close to the Cumilla-Sylhet regional motorway all by the Cumilla Cantonment, 738 infantrymen from 13 countries who died in WWII struggling with alongside the British in Burma from 1941 to 1945 were buried.
Previously, in 1962, a soldier’s remains were taken to the United States by his relatives, leaving the remains of 737 infantrymen.
In November every 12 months, excessive commissioners and representatives of Commonwealth worldwide locations pay their respects on the cemetery.
On 9 November this 12 months, diplomats from 13 countries laid floral tributes in remembrance of the fallen infantrymen.
