BD’s own investigation during Mujib’s time put the figure of dead at 230K. He suppressed it of course!!! Politicians need some dramatic numbers to play in the arena of politics. By the by, when Bhutto came to Dhaka in 1974 to invite Mujib to an OIC meeting, folks thronged into the streets in such large numbers to greet him that BD paramilitary had to disperse them by force!!!
Interestingly, none of Mijib’s or his chief cohorts’ family members died in 1971. However, they were killed by scores in 1975 by BD folks themselves without any remorse whatsoever!!!
And, Mujib himself killed 40K ex Mukti Bahini Terrorists (MBT) when they defied his “one party one leader under India” rule and resorted to robbery, murders etc.!! Not to mention the one million folks that persished during a man made famine in 1974 due to wide spread corruption, his mismanagement, smuggling of relief goods to India etc..
And, many ex Pak Army officers, who joined MBT, killed one another via coups, betrayals etc. They lived by treachery, and they died by treachery...