MUJIBUR IS REPORTEDLY FOUND GUILTY New Delhi, Oct. 12.
HERALD TRIBUNE (New York) October 13, 1971
The Pakistan military tribunal that tried the East Pakistani leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, for '‘treason” has found him ‘guilty’ and recommended the death penalty, authoritative Indian sources said today.
The trial was said to have been concluded ten days ago and the recommendation has been sent to President Yahya Khan. An Indian official source said that the verdict of the secret trial has been circulated to all the diplomatic missions of Pakistan. The Indian officials obtained the information from a Pakistani diplomat who had defected.
U.S.—Soviet Pressure
According to Indian sources, the United States and Soviet Union have been urging Mr. Yahya not to carry out the
Verdict of the military court. The expectation here is that the Pakistani President might accede to the request to demonstrate the genuineness of his recent amnesty offer to all “those who had wavered from the chosen path”.
Sheikh Mujibur, who was head of the autonomy movement of the 75 million Bengalis of East Pakistan, was seized by the military authorities on March 25 when they launched an attack on his followers in an attempt to repress the movement.
The Pakistan military tribunal that tried the East Pakistani leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, for '‘treason” has found him ‘guilty’ and recommended the death penalty, authoritative Indian sources said today.
The trial was said to have been concluded ten days ago and the recommendation has been sent to President Yahya Khan. An Indian official source said that the verdict of the secret trial has been circulated to all the diplomatic missions of Pakistan. The Indian officials obtained the information from a Pakistani diplomat who had defected.
U.S.—Soviet Pressure
According to Indian sources, the United States and Soviet Union have been urging Mr. Yahya not to carry out the
Verdict of the military court. The expectation here is that the Pakistani President might accede to the request to demonstrate the genuineness of his recent amnesty offer to all “those who had wavered from the chosen path”.
Sheikh Mujibur, who was head of the autonomy movement of the 75 million Bengalis of East Pakistan, was seized by the military authorities on March 25 when they launched an attack on his followers in an attempt to repress the movement.
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