Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist and Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC) of France members recently hosted a poster exhibition at Eiffel Tower square to showcase the Pakistan Army-led genocide in Bangladesh in 1971, media reports said.

The event was held just ahead of the 50th Independence Day of Bangladesh.

The posters, in Monday's exhibition, narrated the large scale violence and torture that the Pakistani Army inflicted on the Bengali populace of East Pakistan, killing lakhs of people, reports ANI.

Members of BHBCUC gathered at the square and called on the international community and the United Nations to declare the systematic killing of Bengalis in 1971 as 'genocide'. Slogans were also raised against Pakistan, the news agency reported.

(IBNS)