[citation needed] In 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War the Pakistan Army set up a military camp at Gaurnadi College, adjacent to the house of Das.
[2] Fearing a military raid, Das fled with his family to Kodaldhowa in present-day Agailjhara Upazila in Barisal District, leaving behind the circus equipment and the trained animals including elephants, tigers, bears and deer.
[2] The Das family began to stay in a boat in the Ketnar Bil near Kodaldhowa village.
When the soldiers went after the Das family in a boat, they jumped into the water in order to escape.
[2] After the liberation of Bangladesh, Laxman Das' son Arun and Biren came together to form the circus again.