TRIAL FOR "WAGING WAR AGAINST PAKISTAN

Official Press Note
August 9, 1971

 

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, President of the defunct Awami League, will be tried by a Special Military Court for "waging war against Pakistan" and other

offences, a Press Note issued by the Headquarters of the Chief Martial Law Administrator said to day (August 9).

 

The trial will commence on August 11 in camera and its proceedings will be secret, the Press Note said.

 

The accused will be given proper opportunity to prepare his defence and will be provided with all facilities permitted in law including engaging a counsel of his own choice provided such a counsel is a citizen of Pakistan, it added.

 

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was arrested from his Dhanmandi residence in the early hours of the morning of March 26 after the Pakistan Army moved in to restore the authority of the Government. Later, he was brought to West Pakistan where he is under detention.

 

(THE DAWN, Karachi-August 10, 1971)

 

 

 

Source: Bangladesh Documents, Vol – II, p. 21 - 22