[1][2][3][4][5] Makalkandi village is located in the Baniachang Upazila of Habiganj District of Sylhet Division in present-day Bangladesh.

[1] During the Liberation War, the residents of Makalkandi felt themselves safe in their village which was surrounded on all the sides by the haor acting as a natural fortification.

However, Syed Fazlul Haque of Baniachang village joined the Razakars and collaborated with the Pakistani army.

[1] On 18 August, very early in the morning, a contingent of the Pakistani army led by Major Durrani proceeded towards Makalkandi in boats.

In the century-old Chandi mandap in the western part of the village, the devotees were washing and polishing the brass images.

Eleven were shot to death, while the twelfth Kangsa Mohan Das survived the massacre with four bullet wounds.

[2] Subsequently, the Pakistani army combed the entire village and shot dead scores of people.