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| Bangladesh |
| Witnesses start to give statements |
| 2009-03-14 |
| The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday began to take statements of witnesses to the carnage at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters. On the first day eight witnesses gave their statements to the CID. The CID also showed 12 more persons arrested, including six BDR members and six family members of some BDR personnel. With this the number of total arrest rose to 248. Meanwhile, at least 20 more BDR personnel met their family members and kith and kin while several hundred families were seen waiting eagerly at the entrance of the BDR headquarters to meet their near and dear ones. Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of CID Abdul Kahar Akand who leads the investigation told The Daily Star, "We started taking statements of witnesses and have so far taken statements of eight victims. "We will also take statements of those who were not victims," he added. Sources said all senior officials of the 60-member CID team engaged in the investigation held an hour-long meeting at its headquarters in the morning. Talking to The Daily Star, ASP Akand said they discussed how they would carry out their investigation. When asked he said the arrestees are also being interrogated. Meanwhile, a CID team yesterday recovered around 200 more bullets from the BDR headquarters premises abandoned by the mutineers, CID sources said. Members and relatives of a total of 57 BDR personnel have so far been able to visit them. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 CID? LOL.. Clowns... they're likely ISI controlled clones. Maybe rogue CIA, but I've said too much. I am like the wind. |
| Posted by: Flagg 2009-03-14 21:32 |