He presented a long argument in the court, a excerpt of what he said:I have been accused of sedition. Nazrul was arrested on 23 January 1923 and charged with. The Police raided the office of Dhumketu after it published 'Anondomoyeer Agomone' ('আনন্দময়ীর আগমনে'), a political poem, in September 1922. Earning the moniker of the 'rebel poet', Nazrul aroused the suspicion of British Raj authorities. He also published a volume of short stories, the Byathar Dan 'ব্যথার দান' ('Gift of Sorrow'), and Yugbani ('যুগবাণী'), an anthology of essays.Nazrul started a bi-weekly magazine, Dhumketu ('ধূমকেতু', 'Comet') on 12 August 1922 that was critical of the British Empire. He followed up by writing ('Destructive Euphoria'), and his first anthology of poems, the Agni-veena ('অগ্নি-বীণা', 'Lyre of Fire') in 1922, which enjoyed commercial and critical success. Nazrul explores the different forces at work in a rebel, the destroyer, and the preserver who is able to express rage as well as beauty and sensitivity.
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