Operation Barisal | |||||||
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Part of Operation Searchlight and Bangladesh Liberation War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Captain Ejaz Chaudhri |
Captain M. A. Jalil Major Rashedul Hasan | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
17th Naval Gun Boat Squadron Special Service Group Navy (SSGN) 22nd Frontier Force Regiment 6th Punjab Regiment No. 14 Squadron | Mukti Bahini Barisal Units | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
4 gunboats 1 destroyer 1 patrol boat 24 fighter jets | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
23 wounded | Unknown | ||||||
Further information, see Operation Searchlight, Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 | |||||||
Location within Bangladesh |
Operation Barisal was a code-name of naval operation conducted by Pakistan Navy intended to take control of the city of Barisal, East Pakistan from the Mukti Bahini and the dissidents of the Pakistan Defence Forces. It was the part of Operation Searchlight.[1]
Since the starting of Searchlight, the Mukti Bahini had been staging large scale sabotage missions, disturbing the communications and signals operatives in East Pakistan. Naval Intelligence found traces to the city of Barisal, therefore decided to conduct the operation. The operation was part of Searchlight and was to provide logistic support to the Pakistan Army, by first deploying the Pakistan Navy's gun boats and navy personnel on grounds.