Agartala Conspiracy Case

Agartala Conspiracy Case
Agartala Conspiracy Case
Court	Special tribunal in Dacca Cantonment
Full case name	State of Pakistan vs Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and others
Ruling
	Case withdrawn on 22 February 1969, release of all those accused.
Court membership
Judges sitting	Justices S. A. Rahman; M.R. Khan; Maksum-ul-Hakim;
Laws applied
	Sections 121-A and 131 of the Pakistan Penal Code, waging or attempting to wage war or abetting waging of war against Pakistan.

The Agartala Conspiracy Case was a sedition case in Pakistan during the rule of Ayub Khan against Awami League, brought by the government of Pakistan in 1968 against Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the then leader of the Awami League and East Pakistan, and 34 other people.^[3]

The case was filed in early 1968 and implicated Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and others in conspiring with India against the stability of Pakistan. The case is officially called State vs. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and others, but is popularly known as Agartala Shoŗojontro Mamla (Agartala conspiracy case) as the main conspiracy was purported to have taken place in the Indian city of Agartala in Tripura state, where Sheikh Mujib's associates met Indian military officials.^[4]

On 22 February 2011, one of the accused of the Agartala conspiracy case, Shawkat Ali, told the parliament in Bangladesh that the Agartala conspiracy case was not false and the charges brought against the accused were all true. He also confirmed that Navy Steward Mujibur Rahman, and Educationist Mohammad Ali Reza had indeed gone to Agartala, India to seek Indian support for Bangladesh's independence.^[3]^[5]

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^ Talbot 1998, p. 190 "The case against them became known as the Agartala Conspiracy Case since it was at Agartala that the accused were alleged to have met Indian army officers"
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[2] [‬‪https://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/legislation/1860/actXLVof1860.html "‬Pakistan Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860)‪"]. Pakistani.org. Pakistani.org. Retrieved 26 May 2024. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)‬

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[4] Talbot 1998, p. 190 "The case against them became known as the Agartala Conspiracy Case since it was at Agartala that the accused were alleged to have met Indian army officers"

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