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| Absconding BDR men's list finalised |
| 2009-04-09 |
| The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) yesterday finalised a list of some 202 absconding members of the border guards with their photographs, BDR sources said. A BDR official requesting anonymity told this correspondent last night that a list of 202 absconding jawans of the BDR with their photographs has been complied. The BDR members, who are now residing in Peelkhana, did 'Sheet Roll Parade' there for the first time yesterday, after the BDR carnage, he said. The BDR men usually do the parade on a regular basis, he added. A joint team of the army, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and police yesterday conducted a joint search at BDR headquarters with a view to recovering firearms and ammunition, the sources said. The search continued from 6am to 11am, but no firearms or ammunition was recovered, the sources added. A joint team of the army, RAB and CID yesterday raided several houses at Lalbagh in the old part of the city with a view to arresting absconding BDR men for their suspected involvement in the Peelkhana tragedy. But, none was arrested during the search. The law enforcers asked people residing in adjoining areas of the BDR headquarters about the absconding BDR jawans. Meanwhile, six more BDR men and two outsiders were shown arrested yesterday in connection with the case filed against over 1000 border guards relating to the massacre at the BDR headquarters in Peelkhana. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) produced them before the court of the Metropolitan Magistrate Faisal Atique Bin Quader seeking to show them arrested in the BDR case, he said. The court sent them to Dhaka Central Jail after showing them arrested in the BDR case. The two outsiders Akmal Hossain and Omar Chowdhury, who were arrested yesterday are the residents of BDR 5 No gate. |
| Posted by:Steve White |