[Bangla Daily Star] The investigators are yet to track down 25 directly involved BDR mutineers out of at least 45, said a senior law enforcer assigned for investigation into the Pilkhana carnage.The investigator seeking anonymity said they had identified the suspected killers through video footages, grilling the arrested jawans, identifications made by the carnage survivors and their families and other sources.
Investigators said few of the absconding murderers might have blended into around 11,000 BDR members and later reported at Pilkhana and other BDR units.
Sources in the law enforcement agencies said 57 BDR mutineers are still absconding and Operation Rebel Hunt is still underway. However, government on April 7 announced Tk 50,000 bounty for handing each fugitive BDR members over to the authorities.
Another investigator said quizzing of around 11,000 BDR jawans at Pilkhana headquarters and different sectors and battalion headquarters is going on. He said each day 50 new jawans are being questioned and screened by a good number of army officers six days a week.
Asked how much time it may take to complete the interrogation the official said, " If the screening goes on at this pace, it may take around 7 months from the day the probe started."
He said there were around 7,500 jawans inside Pilkhana during the mutiny. "Can you imagine how much time it will take if you listen to 36-hour mutiny story from each jawan?" he added.
Meanwhile, a Dhaka court yesterday placed 36 border guards and a civilian on seven-day remand each after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) produced them before the court with a prayer for remand.
In addition to that CID arrested 10 more suspected BDR mutineers from Pilkhana yesterday.