Who were the Razakars of Bangladesh and why are they at the center of student protests?

NEW DELHI: The ongoing student’s protest in Bangladesh over civil service hiring rules turned violent after Prime minister Sheikh Hasina labelled the demonstrators ‘Razakars‘, a term used to describe those who sided with the Pakistanis in 1971 war.
“If not the grandchildren of the freedom fighters, then who will get quota benefits? The grandchildren of the ‘Razakars’? This is my question.I want to ask the people of the nation. If the protesters don’t comply, I can do nothing. They can…