[4][5] By the evening of 4 December 1971, the 5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) had fortified themselves at Kadamtal, a town close to the border opposite the Kulaura/Moulvibazar Sector of the Sylhet Division of East Pakistan.

Kulaura was a communications center and rail head ten kilometers in depth, and was connected to Moulvibazar; along the Dharmanagar–Gazipur–Moulvibazar–Sylhet axis.

The 22 Baluch was defending the area near Sagarnal, Gazipur, Kulaura, and Juri with additional companies consisting of reconnaissance forces and EPCAF troops.

[citation needed] The Indian 59 Mountain Brigade plan detailed capture of the Sagarnal border outpost by 5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) as a preliminary operation.

The 5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) would then act as reserve for the 6 Rajput's operation and be given additional orders as the battle progressed.

[citation needed] At this stage the 5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) were given orders to capture Gazipur the night of 4/5 December.

CO 2, Major Shayam Kelkar was made overall commander of the factory assault by Bravo and Charlie companies.

By about 20:30 hours the advancing column reached the height immediately North of Kela-Ka-Bagicha and were attacked by Pakistani artillery and machine gun fire.

The firing was on fixed lines, covering gaps in the tea plantation rows and the approach from Kela-Ka-Bagicha.