MIRPUR, Pakistan, Dec. 24—Thousands of non‐Bengalis are crammed together in this town on the outskirts of Dacca, surrounded by hostile Bengali guerrillas and cut off since the beginning of this week from food, water and electricity.

On Tuesday the International Red Cross delivered token aid, 10 sacks of rice, for the isolated people, who are Biharis, members of a minority group that supported the West Pakistani forces who came here nine months ago to put down the Bengali secession in East Pakistan.

With the Indian‐supported Bengalis in control, the Red Cross was ordered today by Dacca official to stop its activities in Mirpur.

According to Paul Reynard, the local delegate of the Red Cross, the official — Deputy Commissioner of Dacca under the regime of the new Bengal nation—told him, “This is an internal affair for Bangladesh and not a matter for the Red Cross.”

Mr. Reynard said he would appeal the order of the Bangladesh Cabinet, which arrived in Dacca two days ago. He said he expected they would allow the Red Cross to continue its relief efforts in Mirpur and the nearby town of Mohammadpur, where another large group of Biharis have gathered.

Without these food supplies, the situation for the people in Mirpur is “very serious,” Mr. Reynard said.

Many Bengalis Killed

However, Mr. Reynard added that so far there had been no mass reprisals against the Biharis in Mirpur by the Bengali guerrillas, known as the Mukti Bahini, or by the nearby Bengali villagers.

Several Bengali settlements around Mirpur were burned to the ground and many Bengali residents were killed by Biharis and Pakistani troops in April.

No one is certain how many Biharis are trapped in Mirpur, a residential and farming community five miles from Dacca airport. Thousands of Biharis in outlying areas have fled here to seek shelter. Estimates by residents and the Red Cross range from 100,000 to 500,000.

The residents say that they are afraid to leave town to look for food. The roads are guarded by patrols of Indian and Mukti Bahini soldiers who stop and search all vehicles.

“There are no bushes and anyone who goes out on the road gets his throat slit,” said Sharin Ali.

A tall, skinny man with a pinched face and flowing white ‘beard, Mr. Ali pointed to the faces of a crowd when asked about food conditions in Mirpur. “You can see it in their eyes,” he said. “They are hungry and nervous. They do not have any food and do not know where to get any.”

The markets in Mirpur have been closed for the last two weeks, first because of the fighting and now because of the lack of supplies. The post office is boarded up the school next to Sharin Ali's home is burned‐out hulk, the victim of fighting between Bengalis and Biharis last spring.

Most people in Mirpur stay indoors. The only sound today was a muezzin's call to prayer from a green, yellow and white mosque.

One resident draped in a lungi, the local white cotton pantaloon, said several of his relatives had been taken away last night by a group of Mukti Bahinis. “They did not tell us why or what would happen to them,” he said.