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100 more suspected sepoy mutineers held
[Bangla Daily Star] Fifty more Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) jawans were placed on a five-day remand each for mutiny at Pilkhana headquarters while 100 more suspected BDR mutineers were arrested at Cox's Bazar battalion headquarters yesterday.
Meanwhile, the 20-member army probe committee on BDR carnage submitted its report to the Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed on Sunday without making any official announcement for public knowledge. Sources said the report would not be made public but a copy of around 300 pages of the report would be handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she is also in charge of the defence ministry. News agency UNB adds: The official enquiry committee on the BDR carnage is likely to submit its report today, said State Minister for Home Affairs Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj. "It may be submitted tomorrow," he told reporters at the home ministry yesterday after a meeting on law and order in Dhaka and its adjoining areas. Different sources said the army probe body narrated the two-day mutiny and carnage at the Pilkhana BDR headquarters. The committee in its report also mentioned the background of the mutiny and how it was being developed gradually. The committee described the carnage based on the accounts of dozens of BDR personnel who had vital role in killing, looting and torturing in Pilkhana on February 25-26 during the bloody mutiny that killed 74 people including 57 Army officers. The committee also recommended formation of border guard force, strengthening functions of intelligence and compensation to the families of deceased army officers, sources said. Sources said the committee however did not draw any conclusion about whether any one or any quarter patronised or masterminded the mutiny from outside the Pilkhana headquarters. However, it has mentioned of some outside links of the BDR mutineers. The committee was formed soon after the bloody mutiny ended on February 26. Meanwhile, the national probe committee is also likely to submit its report within a few days. In Cox's Bazar, police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel jointly raided the battalion headquarters at Jilunga near the town yesterday and arrested 100 more border troops in connection with staging mutiny on February 25-26. The BDR men were later produced before a Cox's Bazar court, which ordered to send them to jail. Mamunur Rashid, a sub-inspector of Kotwali police station, filed a sedition case against 102 jawans on May 7 accusing them of taking up arms breaking command and indulging in indiscipline and destructive acts. Our Court Correspondent reports: Three more people--two BDR jawans and a civilian--confessed to their involvement in the Pilkhana carnage yesterday. They are sepoys Torab Hossain and Yusuf Ali Khan and civilian Al Amin. Our Correspondent in Bandarban adds: Yet another sedition case was filed with a Bandarban court yesterday against 64 BDR jawans on charge of staging mutiny on February 25-26. Following filing of the case, the court issued warrant against the suspected mutineers. Earlier on Sunday, 110 BDR jawans were arrested from different units in Bandarban after a sedition case was filed against them. Meanwhile, Chittagong Judicial Magistrate yesterday issued warrants against 100 BDR jawans of Baitul Izzat Rifles Training Centre and School after police filed a sedition case against them. Posted by: Fred 2009-05-14 |
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