Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Nan da nan bayan yakin neman 'yancin Bangladesh na 1971
, an zargi waɗancan Biharis da ke zaune a Bangladesh da cewa "masu goyon bayan Pakistan" "masu cin amana" ne daga Bengalis, kuma an kiyasta cewa 'yan bindigar Bengal sun kashe Biharis 1,000 zuwa 150,000 a cikin abin da aka bayyana a matsayin "Kisan kare dangi". Gwamnatin Pakistan ta zargi Mukti Bahini da aikata laifuka a kan 'yan tsiraru na Biharis. A cewar wani farin littafi da gwamnatin Pakistan ta fitar, kungiyar Awami League ta kashe 'yan Bihar 30,000 da' yan Pakistan ta Yamma. 'Yan daba na Bengal sau da yawa suna da makamai, wani lokacin da wuƙaƙe da sandunan bamboo. 'Yan bindigar Bengali sun kashe Biharis 300 a Chittagong. Sojojin Pakistan sun yi amfani da kisan gilla ne a matsayin hujja don kaddamar da Operation Searchlight a kan 'yan kabilar Bengali. An kashe Biharis a Jessore, Panchabibi da Khulna (inda, a watan Maris na 1972, an kashe Biharis 300 zuwa 1,000 kuma an jefa gawawwakinsu a cikin kogi da ke kusa). Bayan haifar da tashin hankali a tsakanin 'yan Bengal, Biharis ya zama abin da ake azabtarwa. Aikin Minorities at Risk ya sanya adadin Biharis da aka kashe a lokacin yaƙin a 1,000; duk da haka, R.J. Rummel ya kawo "mai yiwuwa" adadi na 150,000.