4. The Jana Shangha has put forward 16-point demands which include Parliamentary form of Federal Government with autonomous provinces, parity in all matters, release of security prisoners, etc. The Sangha threatens that if their demands are not conceded within six months from 1-9-1960. it would resort to armed revolution from 14-4-1961 for the liberation of East Pakistan from West Pakistan. All the leaflets issued by the Sangha were manuscript and written in the same hand indicating that possibly a few individuals only are associated with this move. The activities of the party have so far remained confined to the clandestine posting of letters to a few people. There has been no reaction amongst the public who do not know about the move. Some who got the letters, made them over voluntarily to the authorities. The Sangha is about six months old and some clues have already been obtained which are being cautiously worked out.
5. Two cases of miscellaneous posters and leaflets, one in Comilla and the other in Noakhali districts, were the outcome of personal enmity. The writers of leaflets, in order to get their enemies involved in a case under the Martial Law Regulation engineered this device and they are being legally prosecuted for this malicious activity. Another pestering was suspected to have been resorted to by some disgruntled Class IV Government Employees who want interim relief, increment of pay, etc. It may be mentioned here that the last interim relief given only to Class IV Government employees of West Pakistan created some resentment and frustration among the same class of employees in this wing.
The language of the posters was not refined indicating that it was not engineered by any educated person. Vigorous enquiries are being made to locate the author..
6. Most of the posters and leaflets originated in Dacca City. In Bogra town, four posters were detected. These were suspected to have been written by a few students against the implementation of the Education Commission's recommendations. Two cases of pestering in which some persons belonging to the defunct NAP were involved have been detected. In one of them which took place at Bhola (district Barisal). the culprits were detected and the case against them is subjudice. The other was at Sylhet and is under investigation.
7. It is found that all cases of postering since Martial Law were the aberrations of individuals and no well organized group worked behind them. To cite a concrete example, that of Hayat Khan of Dacca may be mentioned here. In March, 1960 he alone wrote out some posters and pasted a few of them in Dacca town just at the lime when people were busy in celebrating the Eid-ul-Fitr. He was arrested red-handed. The case has ended in his conviction.
8. Fostering or leafleteering do not pose a serious threat to the security of the State as they did not emanate from any organized body. At best they may be called small pin- pricks coming from some self-seeking and disgruntled elements who hardly represent anyone but themselves. The security forces in the province have not allowed grass to grow under their feet. The leaflets and posters sent through post are quickly intercepted and those pasted at public places are promptly removed and enquiries started to locate the authors. They do not therefore have any chance to influence the mind of the public at large.
