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Operation Rebel Hunt: Army deployed across the country Staff Reporter
As part of the ongoing drive to nab the killers of army officers the government yesterday decided to deploy the members of the armed forces across the country to arrest the fugitive rebels of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and seize missing firearms.
A Home Ministry official on condition of anonymity said yesterday the troops would be deployed in aid of the civil administration under the 'Operation Rebel Hunt.'
"Army personnel will help the police to arrest the rebels and seize the looted arms," the official unwilling to be named told The New Nation last night.  |
1000 mutineers charged for murder: Special Tribunal to try rebels: 70 BDR officials still untraced
Mamunur Rashid
Lalbagh Police on Saturday night filed a case against more than 1,000 BDR personnel for their involvement in the mutiny at the Peelkhana BDR Headquarters on Wednesday that left at least 150 people dead.
The victims included director general of BDR Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed and 70 other army officers holding colonel to major ranks who were deputed to BDR to discharge their responsibility in different capacities. 71 more army officers, who were at the BDR Headquarters on the day of mayhem on Wednesday, still remain untraced and they were feared gunned down by the mutinous BDR jawans. |
Hasina holds meeting with Army officers
Staff Reporter
The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday held a close door meeting with the army officers at Sena Kunja in the Dhaka Cantonment on February 25-26 mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR).
The meeting started at around 11:00 and continued for three hours. But there was no formal briefing after the meeting for the waiting journalists.
Sources close to the meeting informed that the prime minister, also defence minister, faced a host of embarrassing questions from the officers.
The Prime Minister heard the officers and explained the circumstances as well as the actions the Government took to end the rebellion. |
Hasina seeks FBI assistance for probe: US extends support to Bangladesh Govt UNB, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sought American FBI assistance in investigating the BDR mutiny to identify the real culprits and give them the punishment that fits the crime of murder and marauding inside the border force's headquarters.
She sought the assistance when US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher telephoned her at morning, the Foreign Ministry said.
During the phone talk, the Prime Minister observed that the February 25-26 Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) incident might be part of "conspiracy". |
Mir Shawkat angry at criticism of Army: Mutiny episode result of conspiracy outside BDR Rafiqul Islam Azad
Lt General (Retd) Mir Shawkat Ali, Bir Uttam, has observed that family members of the murdered army officials could have been saved and protected from harassment by the BDR rebels, if army was ordered to deal with the mutiny at the BDR Headquarters.
He made the observation in a talk show broadcast by the private TV Channel-1 on Nirbachito Khobor (selected news) on Friday.
"If the army was allowed to move fast, the situation could have been controlled within minutes. The army troops would have bulldozed into the BDR Headquarters. |
JS debates BDR carnage UNB, Dhaka
Lawmakers Sunday spent much time on what could be the better option-political or military-to end the mutiny at the BDR headquarters as parliament condoled on the death of army officers in the carnage.
Treasury-bench members appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for choosing the path of peaceful political solution of the February 25-26 mutiny to avert more casualties.
Opposition BNP members, however, felt that negotiated resolution was a delayed process causing the casualties to go up. |
49 Bangladeshis rescued from Andaman return home
UNB, Benapole
Indian border security force (BSF) handed over 49 Bangladeshi nationals to BDR at Benapole check post.
Most of them hailed from Chittagong and Cox's Bazar.
Atique, one of the returnees, said the manpower agents had recruited 405 Bangladeshis for employment in Malaysia. Each of them paid Tk 13,000 to the manpower agents. Of them, 305 died in the high sea.
"My two brothers are among those died….We all faced starvation for 15 days on the sea."
They were earlier rescued in a precarious condition from Andaman Sea. |
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Internet Edition. March 2, 2009, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
