450 Bangladesh Rifles men on the run
- By Super Admin
- Published Tuesday 17th 2009
Nearly 450 Bangladesh Rifles personnel, who fled their
headquarters in Dhaks after a bloody rebellion was quelled on February
26, have not yet reported to the headquarters, two weeks after
government ordered the BDR personnel on the run to get back to their
barracks.
Meanwhile investigators are conducting test identification parade of BDR personnel in the presence of the family members of the slain army officers to identify the suspects of the February 25-26 rebellion that left 81 people, including 59 army officers, killed.
‘We have identified more than 50 suspects so far through TI parade watched by the family members of the slain army officers since Saturday,’ said an official in the Task Force Interrogation cell, a combine of different intelligence agencies and the Rapid Action Battalion.
The government has decided to keep the suspected BDR rebels at special jails at the headquarters and set up court there for the trial of the case, sources in the home ministry said.
The home ministry on March 8 issued a gazette notification with immediate effect declaring the five-storey barrack of the sadar battalion and five-storey barrack of the 44 battalion at the headquarters as special jails under Section 3(1) of the Prisons Act 1894.
Sources inside the BDR headquarters said, the makeshift jails have capacity to accommodate about 350-400 soldiers.
When contacted, director general of the Bangladesh Rifles, Md Mainul Islam, however, said, ‘So far as I know, no makeshift jail has been set up and even there is no plan to set up any such jail inside the BDR headquarters.’
Asked how many weapons had gone missing and how many soldiers were still on the run, Mainul Islam said, ‘We could not yet establish the figures. We are listing the missing arms and fugitive soldiers.’
Army officers, engaged in preparing a list of the BDR soldiers and that of seized and missing arms, told New Age that about 450 BDR personnel were still in hiding.
An army officer told New Age 7,571 border guards were present in the BDR headquarters when the rebellion broke out on February 25 and 7,132 of them were now
kept
inside the headquarters.
Commerce minister Faruq Khan, also the chief coordinator of different committees probing the rebellion, told reporters at his ministry on Monday that the fugitive BDR men were a potential threat to the country’s security.
He urged the people to help the government hunt down the BDR men on the run.
He also asked the fugitive BDR men to report to the barracks immediately and assuring them that the innocent soldiers, who were not involved in the carnage, would neither lose their jobs nor face any harassment.
The BDR authorities continued examining the borders guards to identify those who were involved in the bloody rebellion.
Sources in the home ministry said the border guards were provided with a questionnaire to be filled in by them to get a primary idea of their movement on that day.
A total of ten teams comprising BDR officials are examining the BDR soldiers to identify the perpetrators of the massacre, the sources said, adding, it would take at least three more days to complete the task.
A high official of the Criminal Investigation Department and some members of the investigation committee told New Age, ‘On Saturday Tasnuva Maha, wife of the slain captain Tanvir Hydar Noor identified three of her husband’s killers during TI parade.’
Another member of the Task Force Interrogation cell told New Age, ‘The rebels also looted the houses of the army officers and tortured members of their families.’
In TI parade, the BDR men have to parade in separate queues in the presence of the members of the slain army officials’ families or other victims or witnesses, who watch the soldiers’ movements and identify the suspects.
Besides, many army officers, who have been given responsibilities at the border outposts, are still performing their duties from the offices of deputy commissioners or circuit houses, the sources said.
News agency BDNews24.com reports: another BDR soldier committed suicide in Joypurhat Monday. Police said, BDR lance nayek AHM Wahiduzzaman, 36, son of ABM Wazed Ali of Gagan village of Jhalakati sadar upazila, committed suicide by hanging himself from a water pipe in a bathroom on the second floor of a soldier line in Joypurhat BDR compound.
Source: New Age
Meanwhile investigators are conducting test identification parade of BDR personnel in the presence of the family members of the slain army officers to identify the suspects of the February 25-26 rebellion that left 81 people, including 59 army officers, killed.
‘We have identified more than 50 suspects so far through TI parade watched by the family members of the slain army officers since Saturday,’ said an official in the Task Force Interrogation cell, a combine of different intelligence agencies and the Rapid Action Battalion.
The government has decided to keep the suspected BDR rebels at special jails at the headquarters and set up court there for the trial of the case, sources in the home ministry said.
The home ministry on March 8 issued a gazette notification with immediate effect declaring the five-storey barrack of the sadar battalion and five-storey barrack of the 44 battalion at the headquarters as special jails under Section 3(1) of the Prisons Act 1894.
Sources inside the BDR headquarters said, the makeshift jails have capacity to accommodate about 350-400 soldiers.
When contacted, director general of the Bangladesh Rifles, Md Mainul Islam, however, said, ‘So far as I know, no makeshift jail has been set up and even there is no plan to set up any such jail inside the BDR headquarters.’
Asked how many weapons had gone missing and how many soldiers were still on the run, Mainul Islam said, ‘We could not yet establish the figures. We are listing the missing arms and fugitive soldiers.’
Army officers, engaged in preparing a list of the BDR soldiers and that of seized and missing arms, told New Age that about 450 BDR personnel were still in hiding.
An army officer told New Age 7,571 border guards were present in the BDR headquarters when the rebellion broke out on February 25 and 7,132 of them were now
Commerce minister Faruq Khan, also the chief coordinator of different committees probing the rebellion, told reporters at his ministry on Monday that the fugitive BDR men were a potential threat to the country’s security.
He urged the people to help the government hunt down the BDR men on the run.
He also asked the fugitive BDR men to report to the barracks immediately and assuring them that the innocent soldiers, who were not involved in the carnage, would neither lose their jobs nor face any harassment.
The BDR authorities continued examining the borders guards to identify those who were involved in the bloody rebellion.
Sources in the home ministry said the border guards were provided with a questionnaire to be filled in by them to get a primary idea of their movement on that day.
A total of ten teams comprising BDR officials are examining the BDR soldiers to identify the perpetrators of the massacre, the sources said, adding, it would take at least three more days to complete the task.
A high official of the Criminal Investigation Department and some members of the investigation committee told New Age, ‘On Saturday Tasnuva Maha, wife of the slain captain Tanvir Hydar Noor identified three of her husband’s killers during TI parade.’
Another member of the Task Force Interrogation cell told New Age, ‘The rebels also looted the houses of the army officers and tortured members of their families.’
In TI parade, the BDR men have to parade in separate queues in the presence of the members of the slain army officials’ families or other victims or witnesses, who watch the soldiers’ movements and identify the suspects.
Besides, many army officers, who have been given responsibilities at the border outposts, are still performing their duties from the offices of deputy commissioners or circuit houses, the sources said.
News agency BDNews24.com reports: another BDR soldier committed suicide in Joypurhat Monday. Police said, BDR lance nayek AHM Wahiduzzaman, 36, son of ABM Wazed Ali of Gagan village of Jhalakati sadar upazila, committed suicide by hanging himself from a water pipe in a bathroom on the second floor of a soldier line in Joypurhat BDR compound.
Source: New Age
