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| Restructured BDR next month | |
| 2009-04-11 | |
Bangladesh Simanta Bahini likely new name
The border guards, who were found, involved in the bloody massacre at BDR headquarters in Peelkhana on February 25, in which a total of 75 people including 56 army officers from captain to major general were killed, will be excluded from the new force. But, the BDR men who were not involved in the carnage will be included in the new force. A six-member committee comprising members from BDR, Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Ansar, Home Ministry and Bangladesh Armed Forces headed by Director General (DG) of the BDR was formed for recasting the border guards following the carnage. The committee is now busy collecting expert opinions from home and abroad including the ex-DGs of the BDR to sort out the process of recasting the border guards, selecting its new name and dress. The committee is likely to submit its report to the government in the last week of the month or in the first week of the month. The government will recast the BDR after getting the report, sources said. The government is now thinking about some names for renaming the BDR. Two names are now under consideration of the government-'Bangladesh Simanta Bahini' and 'Bangladesh Simanta Rakkhi' (Bangladesh Border Guards), a highly placed source said requesting anonymity. But, Bangladesh Simanta Bahini is likely to be finally selected as the new name of the BDR, the source said adding that 'Bangladesh Simanta Rakkhi' is not to be selected as there is smell of 'Rakkhi Bahini'. Commerce Minister Lt Col (retd) Faruk Khan said this correspondent yesterday, "We hope that we will be able to restructure the BDR in the last week of the this month or in the first week of the next month with new name and new dress. "We want to complete restructure of the BDR as soon as possible, as we would have to conduct fair trail for bringing the border guards and others people involved in the BDR carnage into justice," he said. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |