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Pakistan decided to try the accused by court-martial since
a lot of the accused involved military personnel. However, this was overturned in favor of a civil trial in order
to implicate the politicians ahead of the 1970 elections as
well as to provide transparency of the trials. Hence, only
35 were nally accused. The accused were then moved
from Dhaka Central Jail to the secured borders of the
Dhaka Cantonment.[3]
The penal codes were amended to benet the prosecution of the accused, and the trial began on 19 June 1968
under a special tribunal. The hearings took place inside
a secured chamber within the Dhaka Cantonment. The
charge sheet of 100 paragraphs were presented before the
tribunal, with 227 witnesses and 7 approvers.[3]
The tribunal was headed by 3 judges - the chair, Justice
SA Rahman was a non-Bengali; the other members MR
Khan and Maksumul Hakim were Bengalis. The govern1
Aftermath
Confession by conspirators
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7 References
[1] "'Agartala conspiracy case was not false'".
BDNews24.com. 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
[2] Asoka Raina (April 1982). Inside R. A. W.: Story of Indias Secret Service. Vikas Publishing House. p. 50. ISBN
978-0706912999.
[3] Begum, Shahida (2012). Agartala Conspiracy Case. In
Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National
Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society
of Bangladesh.
[4] Textbook 'incorrectly' describes Agartala Case:
Shawkat. The Daily Star. BSS. 12 June 2010. Retrieved
2 September 2011.
[5] Badrul Ahsan, Syed (February 2007). February 1969:
Revisiting the Agartala Conspiracy Case. Forum (The
Daily Star). Retrieved 2 September 2011.
[6] 35 'accused' honoured. The Daily Star. 16 February
2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
8 External links
Malik, Shahdeen (26 October 2003). Enslaved
daughter, Bhawal Mejo Kumar and the Agartala
Conspiracy Case. The Daily Star.
Agartala Conspiracy Case & Mass-upsurge of
1969. Bangladesh Awami League.
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