Indian Scholar Iqbal Chand Malhotra's allegations have raised new questions about Sheikh Mujib and his ties to the Indian spy agency at the time of Bangladesh's inception. Questions remain about how and why India got involved in the Agartala conspiracy case, and what its motives were, before the 1971 war. The history of Bangladesh’s independence has been written and rewritten many times, often reflecting the political interests of those telling the story.