on the night of 6 october, a group of 60-65 armed razakars raided the houses of haldar and mitra families in the village of angulkata now under sadar union of mathbaria upazila. the razakars were led by commander iskander ali mridha, mukul ahmed badshah, ansar ali khalifa and syed howladar. they broke open the doors and tied up the men, women and children. after that they raped the women, and took 37 men captive, tied with ropes. the men were taken to mathbaria police station. seven of them were released for a huge ransom. they rest 30 were taken to the wapda embankment to the south of suryamani village. they were made to stand in a line and shot by the razakars. 24 bengali hindus died on the spot. six of them escaped miraculously after surviving bullet wounds.