Shankharibazar became deserted and dead bodies remained on the streets for quite a long time.
The Pakistani occupation army camped at the Jagannath College and Brahmo Samaj, very near to the Shankharibazar Road.
The elder brother Amar Sur, who survived the massacre fled through the narrow lane in the rear of the house.
Before the elections, Khwaja Khairuddin of the Dhaka Nawab family had unsuccessfully tried to coerce Sur on his side.
It has been alleged that during the massacre, Khwaja Khairuddin led the Pakistani military to the residence of Chandan Sur.
[5] According to Kalidas Baidya, 126 Hindus from the neighbourhood were rounded up in one house and shot to death.
The Pakistani occupation army and their local collaborators looted the gold, jewellery and furniture in the houses.