Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh Brar (retd), who played a key role in the 1971 India-Pakistan war, has said that they "killed hundreds of Pakistanis" in Battle of Jamalpur in the present-day Bangladesh before the eventual surrender of Pakistan forces. In ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash, Lt Gen Brar narrated how Pakistani forces in Jamalpur were outmanoeuvred by the surprise and decisive move of the Indian Army.