[🇧🇩] BDR Mutiny---An Irreparable Damage to Bangladesh's First Line of Defense

[Saif]

পিলখানায় অফিসার হত্যাযজ্ঞে যেসব দাবি জানালো তাদের পরিবার |

 

[Saif]

Make probe report into BDR massacre public: Hafiz

Newly appointed BNP Standing Committee member Major (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed on Saturday demanded that the interim government make public the army's probe report into the 2009 BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) massacre, described as a mutiny by the ousted Awami League government. He voiced this demand while

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Make probe report into BDR massacre public: Hafiz
Published :
Aug 17, 2024 21:54
Updated :
Aug 17, 2024 21:54

Newly appointed BNP Standing Committee member Major (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed on Saturday demanded that the interim government make public the army's probe report into the 2009 BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) massacre, described as a mutiny by the ousted Awami League government.

He voiced this demand while speaking at a discussion organised by the Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal at the Jatiya Press Club, demanding the trial of Sheikh Hasina for ordering the police force to carry out the massacre of students and for banning the Awami League as a terrorist organisation.

However, Hafiz lamented that the report from this thorough investigation has yet to be disclosed. "We want the truth-finding report from the probe conducted under his leadership to be made public."

He, however, lamented that the report of this thorough investigation has yet to be disclosed. "We want the truth-finding report from the probe conducted under his leadership to be made public."

He bemoaned that the report of this thorough investigation has yet to be disclosed. "We want the truth-finding report of the probe conducted under his leadership to be made public."

Hafiz, a military officer-turned-politician, said the meritorious and smart army officers were given posting in BDR. “They were brutally killed due to conspiracies by the neighbouring country (India).”

He also criticised the slow progress of the mutiny trial, suggesting that it was moving so slowly that it might not be completed until the Day of Judgment.

The BNP leader called for the establishment of a special tribunal, if necessary, to promptly execute those who were sentenced to death for ensuring peace to the victims' souls.

On February 25, 2009, several hundred Bangladesh Rifles (now BGB) men staged an armed revolt at the Darbar Hall of the force's Pilkhana headquarters during the three-day "BDR Week".

A total of 74 people, including 57 Army officers, were killed in the massacre spread over two days.

Later, an inquiry committee was formed by the army under the leadership of Lt. General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury to investigate the massacre.

He also submitted the investigation report, but the Awami League government did not reveal it.

Hafiz, who was promoted from vice chairman to standing committee member of the BNP on Friday, urged India to make friendship with the people of Bangladesh.

“I would like to say to India, that we are very grateful for your cooperation in our Liberation War. You have fought alongside us during the war but don't try to be the master of this country, don't try to stand against the people," he said.

If BNP comes to power, Hafiz said their party will have friendly relations with India but the neighbouring country should not try to conspire against Bangladesh and its people.​

 

[Saif]

একটা সম্পদ দিয়ে কারো বাবা হারানোর কষ্ট চাপা দেওয়া যায় না। Pilkhana Tragedy

 

[Saif]

পিলখানা হ- ত্যাকান্ডে জড়িত শেখ হাসিনা, শেখ সেলিম, তাপসঃ রাকিন আহমেদ

 

[Saif]

[H3]পিলখানা হ/ত্যা/কা/ণ্ড: মরতে তো একদিন হবে, তোমারা ভয় পাচ্ছো কেন?: পার্ট ২[/H3]

 

[Saif]

পিলখানা হ/ত্যা/কা/ণ্ডের লো/মহ/র্ষক বর্ণনা দিলেন লে. কর্নেল সৈয়দ কামরুজ্জামান: পার্ট ১

 

[Saif]

পিলখানা হ/ত্যা/কাণ্ড: ‘আমার স্যারকে তোরা কেউ মা/রবি না’

 

[Saif]

৫৭ সেনা অফিসারকে মে'রে ফেললো, আমরা কিছুই বলতে পারিনি |

 

[Saif]

পিলখানার ঘটনা ছিল আন্তর্জাতিক চক্রান্ত |
Pilkhana tragedy was an international conspiracy

 

[Bilal9]

পিলখানার ঘটনা ছিল আন্তর্জাতিক চক্রান্ত |
Pilkhana tragedy was an international conspiracy

Very sad turn of events - and miscalculation on the part of the perpetrators if they thought they'd be able to get away with this.

Rather daring - I must say.

 

[Saif]

Full truth of BDR carnage a must

VICTIM families of the 2009 carnage in the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles, now renamed as the Border Guard Bangladesh, term the earlier legal proceedings a mockery of justice, noting that partisan interests of the Awami League government, overthrown on August 5, clouded the investigation...

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Full truth of BDR carnage a must
19 August, 2024, 00:00

VICTIM families of the 2009 carnage in the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles, now renamed as the Border Guard Bangladesh, term the earlier legal proceedings a mockery of justice, noting that partisan interests of the Awami League government, overthrown on August 5, clouded the investigation. Several hundred border guards took up arms against their officers deputed from the army in February 25–26, 2009, leaving 75 people, including 57 army officers, dead. Special courts imprisoned 5,926 soldiers to varying terms on rebellion charges in 57 cases, including 11 in Dhaka and two criminal cases — related to the murders and under explosive substances — are pending with the court. Members of the families of the slain officers at a press conference in Dhaka on August 18 said that the narrative of a dispute over benefits disparity between the BDR and the army was false, noting that it was done to deflect attention away from the motives. Terming the massacre an unprecedented event in which Awami League political figures, including the now-deposed prime minister, conspired with a foreign nation to orchestrate the killing, the families demanded an independent investigation commission.

This is, however, not the first time that the families have made such demands, but their call for justice and an independent investigation, as the son of the slain BDR director general alleges, was met with death threats from some Awami League leaders. Immediately after the carnage, two committees were formed, but neither could establish the motive or the masterminds. None of the reports were made public in their entirety and the families alleged that the report partially released had been revised three times before its publication. They, therefore, demanded that the reports should be made public immediately so that a transparent investigation of the incident could be possible. Many BDG soldiers, under trial and convicted, levelled serious allegations of custodial torture. International rights organisations condemned the unfair mass trial after the use of torture, particularly when the death penalty is involved. The Awami League regime, however, maintained its partisan narrative that the murderous event was a result of a dispute over material benefits between the two forces which is believed to have obstructed justice.

The allegations that a foreign government was involved in the carnage and a political party presiding over the government that time played an active role in it are too serious to have been left uninvestigated. The interim government must, therefore, take early steps to form an independent commission, as suggested by the High Court in 2017, and make all previous investigation reports public. People can now expect a credible investigation and the full truth of the BDR carnage, considering that the home affairs adviser to the interim government was the head of one of the earlier committees.​

 

[Saif]

Very sad turn of events - and miscalculation on the part of the perpetrators if they thought they'd be able to get away with this.

Rather daring - I must say.

Hasina should be sued and India should be brought down to its knees by aiding insurgency in North-East for masterminding the BDR Carnage.