1971-03-04
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Special to The New York Times
DACCA, Pakistan, March 3— Sheik Mujibur Rahman, the nationalist leader of East Pakistan, has demanded an end to military rule of this wing of the country by the central Government in West Pakistan more than 1,000 miles away.
He made the demand in a statement issued last night, in which he also called for an extension of the general strike to all East Pakistan. Reports to day indicated that his call was being generally heeded.
In Dacca there were some clashes today between security forces and roving groups of demonstrators and fires burned at some points. [According to The Associated Press, informed sources said one person was killed today, bringing the number of dead in two days of rioting to three.]
Awami League members, carrying staves, were generally able to, keep the rioters under control. They chased and beat looters and recovered goods for shopkeepers.
All vehicles were again banned from the streets.
Sheik Mujib, who has stressed that he wants to achieve his goal of autonomy through democratic means, said in last night's announcement that the Awami League movement would be continued until the people of East Pakistan “realize their emancipation.”
However, he did not use the term East Pakistan, referring to it instead by the traditional Bengali name for the region, which is translated as “Bengali homeland.”