Regards for our Heroes :
Lieutenant Abdur Rouf, an accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case, died on Friday at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. He is one of them who contributed to the emergence of Bangladesh (former East Pakistan) as a sovereign and independent country in the map of the world. We salute Rouf and all brave sons of the country who dreamt of a society where no man shall exploit another and where justice will prevail.
In January 1968, the government of Pakistan filed a sedition case against 35 political leaders, civil and military officers, accusing them of engineering conspiracy to secede from Pakistan. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Lieutenant Commander Moazzem Hossain of Pakistan Navy were made No. 1 and 2 accused respectively. It is commonly known as Agartala Conspiracy case.
To try the accused, a special tribunal was formed headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan S.A.Eahman. The two other judges were M R Khan and Moksumul Hakim. The case started on June 19 in 1968 at the Dhaka Cantonment. Of the 35 accused, 11 agreed to become ‘Approvers’.
On January 5 in 1969, East Pakistan Student League, East Pakistan Students Union (Menon Hroup), East Pakistan Student Union (Motia Group) and National Student Federation (Dolan Group) formed the All Party Student Action Committee with DUCSU Vice-President Tofael Ahmad as Convener thereof and started mass movement on the basis of their 11-point.
The anti-government uprising reached its peak with the killing of Sergeant Zahurul Haque, another accused in the Agartala Conspiracy case, on February 15 in 1969 at the Dhaka Cantonment, and the butchery of Dr. Shamsuzzoha, Rajshahi University (RU) Proctor on February 18 at RU. The government withdrew the case on February 21 in 1969.
What we think that the present generation should know the history of Bangladesh for their own benefit. We pray for eternal peace of this ‘son of the soil’.
Lieutenant Abdur Rouf, an accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case, died on Friday at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. He is one of them who contributed to the emergence of Bangladesh (former East Pakistan) as a sovereign and independent country in the map of the world. We salute Rouf and all brave sons of the country who dreamt of a society where no man shall exploit another and where justice will prevail.
In January 1968, the government of Pakistan filed a sedition case against 35 political leaders, civil and military officers, accusing them of engineering conspiracy to secede from Pakistan. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Lieutenant Commander Moazzem Hossain of Pakistan Navy were made No. 1 and 2 accused respectively. It is commonly known as Agartala Conspiracy case.
To try the accused, a special tribunal was formed headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan S.A.Eahman. The two other judges were M R Khan and Moksumul Hakim. The case started on June 19 in 1968 at the Dhaka Cantonment. Of the 35 accused, 11 agreed to become ‘Approvers’.
On January 5 in 1969, East Pakistan Student League, East Pakistan Students Union (Menon Hroup), East Pakistan Student Union (Motia Group) and National Student Federation (Dolan Group) formed the All Party Student Action Committee with DUCSU Vice-President Tofael Ahmad as Convener thereof and started mass movement on the basis of their 11-point.
The anti-government uprising reached its peak with the killing of Sergeant Zahurul Haque, another accused in the Agartala Conspiracy case, on February 15 in 1969 at the Dhaka Cantonment, and the butchery of Dr. Shamsuzzoha, Rajshahi University (RU) Proctor on February 18 at RU. The government withdrew the case on February 21 in 1969.
What we think that the present generation should know the history of Bangladesh for their own benefit. We pray for eternal peace of this ‘son of the soil’.
Ameer Hamzah
Dhaka
