i do beleive About BD army " they are corrupts, violators of rules and abusers of human rights" Have we for got that these army people tortured people mercilessly in the Aziz susper market? They have done all these in the last two years and have got the inevitable results. Haven't they tortured our politician, teachers of uni, students, bussinessmen in the last two years. Defering election for two years is the worst work they have done. I was once a pro-army people . but their activities int he last two years made me anti army .
Unless and untill BD Army do soul search and keep it away from civilian affainrs, such mutiniy will occur?
Why bdr were able to call student to join wqith them branding army as torturous? We have to answer many such questions. i have pain for bangladesh lost so many army officers, for every one individual but not for BD army under the leadership of reactive, destructive and indian puppet Moeen U ahmed/
অতীতে বাংলাদেশের স্বার্থ বিসর্জন দিয়ে হলেও আলীগ ভারতের সাথে যেসব চুক্তি করেছে তার কোনটাই দাদারা বাস্তবায়ন করেনি । ভারতের সাথে আলীগের চুক্তি মানেই বাংলাদেশের স্বার্থ বিসর্জন নয় কি ?সর্বশক্তি দিয়ে প্রতিরোধ করা কি নাগরিক দায়িত্ব নয় ?
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Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 1:55 AM
| New conspiracy against Bangladesh Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury Right after the mutiny by Bangladesh Riffles [BDR] troops, which is partially resolved by now only at its Head Quarters in Dhaka, some vested interest groups are becoming increasingly active in putting bad names on Bangladesh Army by saying, "they are corrupts, violators of rules and abusers of human rights". Such campaign is aimed at stopping the participation of Bangladesh Army in the United Nations Peace Keeping Force.
Some so-called intellectuals in Bangladesh are also joining their voice against Army and are trying to give justification to the heinous crime committed by the mutineer BDR troops.
Bangladeshi Economist Anu Muhammad saw the rebellion of BDR soldiers as a "class revolt though the cruelty in it was extreme".
"Discrimination was going on in the regimented forces for long and people had accepted it for sometime. But the situation began altering with the changes in society, as the soldiers in the forces were part of the society's subaltern section," he said.
Playwright and cultural activist, Mamunur Rashid said "it was the most shocking event for the nation. What the Bangladesh Rifles members have done is not right although it was clear that the repression by officers reached an intolerable level. But I think the government has to go deep into the matter that led the soldiers commit such cruelty."
My personal analysis is the statement by both Anu Mahmud and Mamunur Rashid are designed in indirectly justifying the criminal actions by the mutineer BDR troops.
In a television talk show, former military officer turned political leader General [Retired] C. R. Dutta said, "The BDR revolt is the outburst of their decade old accumulated anger."
Here again, General Dutta tried to defend the notoriety of BDR troops.
Meanwhile, public sentiment is growing increasingly against the killing and atrocity by the mutineer BDR troops. No grievances can justify a mutiny and killings by a disciplined force anywhere in the world and those who murdered officers at the BDR headquarters should be tried under the laws of the country.
The general sentiment of the people and defence personnel on Thursday turned strongly against the BDR mutineers as news and pictures of the brutal killings of army officers started to emerge in newspapers and on television channels. The bodies recovered from sewage system bore marks of utter brutality. The bodies were mutilated by gunshots and bayonet charges and ruthlessly dumped in the sewage system.
Commenting on Prime Minister's general amnesty to the mutineer troops, defense experts said, "It's globally common ethics not to support any mutiny or terrorist acts."
"If there are grievances, there are many other civilised ways to express that. If mutiny is justified, it would then simply welcome terrorism. While amnesty may be acceptable for the general mutineers considering that there could be more bloodshed otherwise, those who committed the murders should be tried under the laws of the land. They cannot be pardoned."
Commenting on the mutinee, some said, the way the killings took place surely indicates that there was a hardcore element, which wanted to give the mutiny a worse shape. The group, their relationship and linkage should be brought into light through proper and professional non-partisan investigations. The government should look into the fact seriously.
The rebellion by a section of soldiers against the officers at the Pilkhana head quarters of the Bangladesh Rifles in the capital Dhaka, which started Wednesday morning and continued late into Thursday afternoon, has put the country in a grave crisis. The members of the paramilitary BDR constantly guard our national borders in difficult situations while the members of the armed forces have been raised to defend our national territory as and when attacked; our nation-state badly needs these two forces to maintain healthy relations. After the revolt in BDR, entire bordering areas of Bangladesh are in extreme security lacking and there are reports of strengthening of security measures by our neighboring nations as well as deploying special commandos for unknown but assumable reason.
Now, let me point to a number of extremely important but very crucial issues, which the government needs to address forthwith.
When the notoriety inside BDR headquarters was continuing, although all the private television channels were covering the incident, state-owned Bangladesh Television was busy in broadcasting entertainment program, as if nothing happened in the country. Such senseless behavior of Bangladesh Television is not only a serious offense by its staffs but the information ministry itself. It may be mentioned here that the information secretary was just removed from his job only a week back for writing a notoriously abusive poem on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and members of his family. Bangladesh Television [BTV] is under the information ministry. Many believe that, BTV's roles might have been intentional to put the government into questioned position.
After dead bodies of army officers came out through the sewerage line at Kamrangirchar in Dhaka, their bodies were laid down on ground and members of law enforcing agencies called local people to load the bodies into trucks in a very dishonorable manner.. The law enforcing agencies should have used stretchers to honorably shift the bodies to the trucks. Secondly, none of the representatives of the government visited that spot right after recovery of the bodies. Bangladesh Television was again continuing its all entertainment and fun programs, thus not even showing a special scroll of condolence on its screen.
The BDR mutiny was not a mere instant incident. No way! It is very well planned and well organized notoriety, where many kingpins are involved from behind the scene. It was also reported that on the previous night of the mutiny, leaflets were distributed amongst the troops of BDR. They even collected the red and yellow color mask and bandana much ahead of it. So, they were absolutely prepared for the revolt and murder of 146 army officers, in a planned way to create a vacuum right within our armed forces. Moreover, some of the mutineer soldiers were terming the Prime Minister as "Amader Netri" [Our leader]. To a soldier, how the PM turns into a leader? Moreover, most of the mutineer troops were appearing before the mass media without any musk, while they knew, their faces will be seen by the television viewers and others concerned. Were they already sure of any general amnesty, much before any government delegation met them?
And, most interestingly, why the government decided to send Jahangir Kabir Nanak, MP and Mirza Azam, MP to Bangladesh Riffles headquarters as their first representative for negotiations? Why not any senior leader like Tofael Ahmed or Suranjit Sen Gupta. Or senior minister like Motia Chowdhury? Any special reason? Did these two leaders have some contact points already inside BDR?
Bangladesh government must make necessary arrangements for burial of the killed officers with due respect and honor. They should be accorded the honor of national heroes. Moreover, the government definitely should identify the entire conspiracy behind such brutality. There should also be proper investigation on the cases of rapes inside the BDR headquarters during 30-hour mutiny. And finally, the government should do everything in stopping anti-army propaganda inside and outside Bangladesh by various elements.
Armed forces are the guards of our sovereignty. They have been sacrificing lives since independence of this country. Many officers sacrificed their lives during the war of independence. Dignity and prestige of this institution should be upheld under any circumstance. There should not be any compromise in this regard!
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