The South India Times Bureau
Hyderabad, November 10: “It would be an inspiration for the youngsters to visit Veera Bairanpally village, where a massacre of innocent people and freedom fighters took place and where women were subjected to heinous crimes by the brutal Razzakar forces, and imbibe the spirit of our freedom fight,” said Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan. The Governor on Thursday visited the Bairanpally village in Siddipet district, where around 100 people were killed by the brutal Razzakar forces during the Hyderabad Liberation Movement. The Governor offered floral tributes at the martyrs’ memorial and the Burju (Watch Fort), where the innocent people and the freedom fighters were lined up and shot dead in a gruesome massacre perpetrated by the Razzakars.Interacting with the freedom fighters and the villagers and felicitating the freedom fighters who fought valiantly against the brutal Razzakars, the Governor said that she was truly moved to tears to know about the heinous crimes perpetrated by the Razzakars against the innocent people and women in the village in the erstwhile Hyderabad State. She paid rich tributes to the freedom fighters who made supreme sacrifices for the liberation of the Hyderabad State. Responding to the requests from the village public representatives, Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan assured that she would do her best in issues pertaining to the freedom fighter pensions to those fighters, who could not get the freedom fighter pensions in the village. The Governor also assured the villagers that she would take up their plea for transforming the village into a tourist spot so as to attract the peple to visit this inspiring place.
Hundreds of people gathered and joined the Governor in paying rich tributes to the martyrs.
The village Sarpanch, and other public representatives felicitated the Governor.
