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| BDR men to be motivated not to commit suicide |
| 2009-04-23 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] As the trend of suicide by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) jawans marked a rise after the February 25-26 mutiny in the Pilkhana headquarters BDR authorities instructed all its units to motivate jawans not to commit suicide, said a BDR press release yesterday. How y'gonna do that? Threaten them with punishment? A total of 16 border guards died between March 9 and April 16 for various reasons. Of them, four committed suicides, six died of heart attack and six died of other diseases in Dhaka and outside the capital, the release said. It said a total of 352 BDR members died in between 2001 and 2008. Of them, four committed suicides, 14 died of malaria, 38 in road accidents, criminals shot dead 11, 77 died of different diseases, 207 of heart attacks and one by lightening. The news media are running news from different angels on the matter following deaths of BDR personnel in its different units and establishments after the Pilkhana massacre in the Pilkhana, it added. In some units incidents of suicide by BDR jawans after the February 25-26 brutalities are on the rise and it seemed that offenders are committing suicide as they fail to cope with mental pressures, the release said. The commanding officers have been advised to arrange motivational programmes to make jawans aware of the negative aspects of suicide from both religious and social perspectives. 25 BDR JAWANS REMANDED A Dhaka court yesterday placed 27 suspected BDR mutineers on a five-day remand each for questioning in the mutiny case. The Investigation Officer (IO) of the case produced them before the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, and prayed for showing them arrested in the case. The IO also submitted a 10-day remand prayer to quiz them about the carnage but the court granted five days for each. A total of 1,171 suspected BDR mutineers have so far been arrested in connection with the case. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 We are beating the BDR, and they are committing suicide at the gates of Dhaka. |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-04-23 07:01 |
| #1 "Beatings will continue until morale improves." |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-04-23 01:28 |