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BDR carnage enquiry at a snails pace
Members of law enforcing and intelligence agencies have started working with over 2000 still photographs on the fugitive Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) men at 64 districts across the country. Picking up those photographs from different newspapers and television channels, those were later enlarged to different images for the easier identification of the disgruntled BDR personnel. A competent source said, the photographs and other information on the fugitive BDR members are yet to reach all district and upazilla headquarters, police stations and other law enforcing agencies throughout the country. With a view to identifying the culprits in connection with the February 25 Pilkhana carnage, the investigators are examining the BDR jawans' cell phones - earlier used for communicating with their relatives during the mutiny hours- through using the mobile-tracking system, said sources. Meanwhile, efforts to nab about 1800 absconding BDR jawans including around 951 of three battalions inside capital's Pilkhana Headquarters, still continues. Earlier, the government announced Tk 50,000 bounty for handing over to the authorities each fugitive BDR member suspected of involvement in the massacre. Three investigation committees - CID team led by ASP Abdul Kahar Akhanda, the government probe body headed by former bureaucrat Anisuzzaman and the Army investigation team led by Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury - are conducting the enquiry into the BDR Headquarters massacre. Talking to The Bangladesh Today, the chief of the CID Investigation Committee ASP Abdul Kahar Akhanda refused to tell anything about the progress into the investigation only saying, "We are working round the clock to find out the perpetrators of the incidents. I think that we are proceeding towards a conclusion." Meanwhile, the BDR carnage case, earlier lodged with the Lalbagh Thana was shifted to New Market Police Station on Tuesday. About such move, the Investigation Officer Kahar said, "This was done to avert any Court complications as the Place of Occurrence (PO) is under the jurisdiction of New Market thana." Asked, 'Would it lay an adverse affect on the investigation?" the CID official replied in the negative and said, "For the smooth completion of the case proceedings, the case was budged to the New Market thana." "More time would be required to complete the investigation, but I can assure you that the root-cause behind the brutal incident will be come to light and a proper report regarding this would be ready soon," he hoped. According to sources, a total of 25 BDR jawans so far confessed their involvement in the mutiny. As many as 165 BDR personnel and civilians have been placed on remand and 923 BDR jawans shown arrested, so far in connection with the case. The law enforces on Wednesday raided some six residences of BDR jawans adjacent to the BDR Gate-1 and 4 in the capital. Joint forces, in presence of the investigation officers, yesterday conducted the search from 7am to 10.30am but failed to arrest anyone or retrieve any firearms, said police. Meanwhile, BDR Headquarters could not asses accurately the arms and ammunitions which were in the armory before the mutiny and are also yet to finalise the list of absconding jawans officially, said the BDR headquarters office. Posted by: Steve White 2009-04-09 |
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