Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Professor Mia Golam Porwar has alleged that the 1971 killing of intellectuals was part of a planned conspiracy by the Indian Army and intelligence agencies. Speaking at a discussion organized by Dhaka North Jamaat on the occasion of Martyred Intellectuals Day, he claimed that historical evidence shows the killings occurred when Indian forces had already entered Dhaka.

Porwar argued that left-leaning and pro-India intellectuals have long blamed Jamaat for the massacre, but he said new information indicates Indian involvement. He stated that by early December 1971, Indian troops were effectively controlling Dhaka, making it implausible for Pakistani forces or their collaborators to organize such killings. Citing accounts from Rao Farman Ali and others, he claimed Pakistan’s military had planned to surrender on December 14, but the date was postponed at India’s request.

His remarks have drawn criticism from historians and liberation war researchers who maintain that pro-Pakistani militias were responsible for the targeted killings of Bangladesh’s leading intellectuals.