--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, maqsud omaba <maqsudo@...> wrote:
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> CORRUPTION OF BDR OFFICERS
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> Special attention to that reader....who exposed/ revealed the
unbeleivable story....that Gen. Shakeel's wife was arrested
> at dhaka airpport, few months ago, with lot of ill-gotten money.
> Not many readers paid attention to that story, rather few smart
people criticized that reporting.
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> It is so sad that so many officers + other people were killed in
the recent mutiny in BDR.
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> Gurus + pandits will examine the details soon.
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> But we, the readers....gave any value to the allegations of
coruption of BDR officers?
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> Who knows. if the corruption of BDR officers were investigated in
2008, whether this mutiny would have happened??
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> This violent reaction by a group of angry, frustrated BDR men,
simply proves that ordinary, helpless, Bdeshi citizens...totally
> betrayed by high officials, politicians, Bankers, Army, MPs...for
years ..may one day react in similar fashion.....
> if their quality of life does not improve in the future.
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> Khoda hafez.
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> dr. maqsud omar
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> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:19:18 -0800
> Subject: [ALOCHONA] Bangladesh's first line of defence
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> Bangladesh's first line of defence
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> Bangladeshi border guards have mutinied at their headquarters in
the capital, Dhaka. Local media have speculated that the revolt is
over pay and working conditions. The BBC's Subir Bhaumik reports on
the origins of the force.
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> Bangladesh border guards complain of low pay and status
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> The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) is said to be the country's first line
of defence. It is meant to patrol the borders, check smuggling and
cross-border crime and establish the government's authority in remote
areas.
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> In times of war, it is supposed to provide support to the army.
> The Bangladesh Rifles originated from the East Pakistan Rifles - a
force set up in undivided Pakistan - and came into existence shortly
after the country's independence in 1972.
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> The original batch of 9,000 troops were mostly East Pakistan Rifles
deserters who revolted against the Pakistani officers. But when
Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, wanted to merge
the Bangladesh Rifles with the national militia Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini,
the BDR stiffly opposed the move.
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> But that was the first and last time the border force witnessed a
situation close to mutiny. "Though the Bangladesh army has a
turbulent history of mutinies and revolts, specially between 1975 and
1984, the BDR has been remarkably free from indiscipline," says
Bangladesh security analyst, retired major Shamsul Arefin.
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> "Its soldiers have severe resentment about pay and perks and they
have angrily represented them from time to time, but they have never
revolted.
> "So it has to be seen whether there's a conspiracy to use the
disaffection to destabilise the new government," he said, referring
to Wednesday's mutiny at the BDR's Dhaka headquarters.
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> By 1973 a vigorous recruiting campaign had swelled the Bangladesh
Rifles ranks to about 20,000 personnel. Its current strength is
around 70,000.
> The BDR is under the Home Ministry, but the army plays a major role
in staffing, training and directing the force. Most Bangladesh Rifles
officers are seconded from the regular army.
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> Disputes over pay could have laid to the mutinyFor instance, the
army chief of staff, Lt Gen Atiqur Rahman, served as director general
of the Bangladesh Rifles for four and a half years before taking over
as army chief.
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> In addition, retired junior commissioned officers and those below
them are often assigned to the Bangladesh Rifles in recognition of
long years of service.
> "That's the problem. The army fellows don't take up our cause. We
are paid very poorly," one BDR soldier, who did not want to be named,
told the BBC.
> Although Bangladesh Rifles units can be called upon to assist the
police in putting down domestic disturbances, their primary role is
to guard the nation's frontiers.
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> The force is organised into battalions along military lines.
> During war time or national emergencies, the president as commander
in chief can authorise the military to assume direct control over all
paramilitary and police forces.
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> The present BDR chief, Shakil Ahmed, who is said to have been
attacked by his irate troops on Wednesday, has promised to work
closely with India countering terrorist groups active along the
borders. Indian Border Security Force officials talk of him as
a "very friendly person always willing to co-operate".
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7909596.stm
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