Allegiance Bangladesh Service/branch Pakistan Air Force | Rank Sergeant | |
Zahurul Haq is a Pakistan Air Force sergeant and an accused of the Agartala Conspiracy Case. He was killed in custody and his death led to increase in 1969 uprising in East Pakistan.
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Early life
Haq was born on 9 February 1935 in Sonapur, Sudharam, Noakhali. He graduated from Noakhali Zila School in 1953 and went on to Jagannath College. In 1956 he joined Pakistan Air Force. He reached the rank of a sergeant.
Career
On December 1967 he was arrested and charged in the Agartala Conspiracy Case. A case that accused 35 individuals of trying to separate East Pakistan from Pakistan. He was first kept in Dhaka Central Jail but then moved to Dhaka Cantonment. On 15 February 1969 he was shot and killed in his prison cell by a Pakistani Havildar.
Death and legacy
His death led to more street protests, State Guest House and other government buildings were burned down This eventually led to the withdrawal of the case on 22 February 1969. His paintings are displayed in the Bangladesh National Museum. Sergeant Zahurul Haq Hall of Dhaka University is named after him. BAF Zahurul Haq base is also named after him.