Indian MPs write to UN Chief urging Sheikh
Mujib's release

More than 450 members of Lok Sabha, signed in a memorandum to UN secretary general U'Thant, urging for help to stop the trial of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Pakistan jail and demanded his unconditional release.

US Senator Edward Kennedy, chairman of refugee affairs sub-committee of US Senate, tells that the refugee problem is created due to
arms supply to Pakistan.

August 6, 1971 The Statesman (Summary)
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India urges world leaders to ensure security of Mujibur Rehman

Expressing concern over the trial, Indian foreign minister Sardar Swaran Singh urges the world leaders to take steps to ensure security of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Sayed Nazrul Islam, acting president of Bangladesh government, threatens that Pakistan President Yahya Khan will have to take theresponsibility if the trial of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman did not stop. He calls upon the world leaders to create pressure on Pakistan to stop the trial.

August 8, 1971 Amrita Bazar Patrika (Summary)