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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Re: [ALOCHONA] Re: War Crime by Mukti Bahini



Dear Alochok Shafiq,
 
There is nothing wrong in the idea that, we should punish war criminals. I do not know many people who would oppose such idea. The only concern some people show that, it may be abused as a political tool to punish opposition.
 
If crime was commited by people of this country, according to Islam and all civil laws of the land they should be punished. However that does not mean people cannot or should not talk about war crimes or other crimes commited by some Rakhi bahini people. It is supposed to be a free country and as long we peacefully discuss our ideas, it should be allowed and encouraged.
 
Name calling and labeling free thinking people only discourage civilized solution to our past issues. Most alochoks love this country and our culture. Since we can come to agreement in major issues, I am sure we can be little more open and embrace people with different opinions. That is the next logical step for our country.
 
--Quazi



-----Original Message-----
From: shafiq013 <shafiq013@yahoo.com>
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 3:16 am
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: War Crime by Mukti Bahini

 
Dear Ezajur
That is the difference. You are very hopeful that some of Ramjan's nearest and dearest ones are on the list. I only apprehend that. You may be a very smart guy and may have a very good command on History of Bangladesh but we are talking the era of 1971 and the liberation war of Bangladesh. Today you and people like you will try to dilute the gravity of the situation by citing Rokhi Bahini though Rokhi Bahini did not exist at that time. Tomorrow you may and you will also bring the rising price of essentials in this context.  
I am not very clear what justice you are obliged to serve. However, I urge you to "serve" justice to English language. Thanks for reminding me that some of my nearest and dearest ones have already been ticked off the list a while back. I was ignorant about it but how you know this? You must be a man. Hats off to you
You are right. There are enough guns pointing in all directions.
Regards
Shafiq
 
 
 
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" <Ezajur@...> wrote:
>
> Shafiq
>
> I hope some of Ramjan's nearest and dearest are on the list. But the glibness with which you ignore the crimes of the rokhi bahini obliges me to serve justice and remind you that some of your nearest and dearest have already been ticked off the list a while back.
>
> There are enough guns pointing in all directions.
>
> Ezajur Rahman
> Kuwait
>
>
>
> --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "shafiq013" shafiq013@ wrote:
> >
> >
> > Mr. Mohammed Ramjan
> >
> >
> > Even 100 thousand clips this will not deter nation's desire and
> > will to try the war criminals. I can really feel pity for you for all
> > your futile efforts. All attempt by you and people like you cannot and
> > will not dissuade people of Bangladesh determin ation to try these so
> > called guardians of Islam. Sorry son, but it seems some of your nearest
> > and dearest ones are in the list.
> >
> >
> >
> > Shafiq Ahmad
> >
> > @yahoogroups.com, Mohammed Ramjan <mramjan@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > War Crime by Mukti Bahini
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> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0hSH5ctyk0&feature=related
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[ALOCHONA] Drishtipat DC Presents “Ekattorer Golpo” – MARCH 26



Join Drishtipat DC in honoring the heroes that fought for the independence of Bangladesh. Through music, dance and poetry we will relive the events that led to our freedom struggle.

 

Peace activists Richard Taylor and Phyllis Taylor will be our special guests this year. They will recount stories from the 1971 Blockade movement in the US.

 

When: Sunday, March 26, 2010

Where: Patrick Henry Elementary School, 4643 Taney Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22304-

 

Tickets: $10 for adults, $5 for students, $25 for family (up to 4 people)

 

Ekattorer Golpo is an initiative of Drishtipat DC, a non-partisan network working on human rights and social justice issues within the Bangladeshi and Bangladeshi-American community.

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at dc.drishtipat@gmail.com

Visit us at http://www.drishtipat.org/dc  



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[ALOCHONA] Re: War Crime by Mukti Bahini



Dear Shafiq

Thank you for a courteous and refreshingly robust reply.

It did not seem to me at all that you apprehended anything - rather you enthusiastically relished Ramjan's nearest and dearest (Nizami & Co) being on the list.

I did read Rokhi Bahini instead of Mukti Bahini. A genuine, though I believe rare, mistake. My apologies. Thanks for reminding me to be cautious. Though judging by our present condition I doubt that all was beautiful only 40 years ago.

You are completely mistaken about me being one of those who dilute the truth. I don't. I have sado masochistic orgies in it.

I referred to your nearest and dearest meaning Mujib and Co. Guns pointing referred to real guns pointed by all parties at all sides. My apologies if I was unclear.

I am so used to being a bull in a second hand china shop called Bangladesh that I forget there might be real porcelain around.   

I personally find it more immediately troubling that the cadres of the ruling party are engaged in extortion, rape and murder. The murdered of 1971 don't want justice at the expense of those murdered in 2010.

Yes it may be possible that I am a smart guy. Probably. Likely. Hold on! We are talking about Deshi politics right? Well then I am definitely in the top 1% smartest people on this subject! Its not like there's a lot of competition! After all, if you just open your nose a little bit you too can effortlessly smell Deshi style democratically excreted political crap.

And I, like any village idiot, am indeed a man if compared only to most stakeholders in Bangladeshi politics.

I heard the government would be arresting war criminal fromn the 7th of March. Now its the 10th and AL is talking about a 'show trial'!! Lets hope, or apprehend, that real war criminals are dealt with swiftly.

You have a good day now.

Ezajur Rahman

Kuwait

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

  

 


--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "shafiq013" <shafiq013@...> wrote:
>
>
> Dear Ezajur
>
> That is the difference. You are very hopeful that some of Ramjan's
> nearest and dearest ones are on the list. I only apprehend that. You may
> be a very smart guy and may have a very good command on History of
> Bangladesh but we are talking the era of 1971 and the liberation war of
> Bangladesh. Today you and people like you will try to dilute the gravity
> of the situation by citing Rokhi Bahini though Rokhi Bahini did not
> exist at that time. Tomorrow you may and you will also bring the rising
> price of essentials in this context.
>
> I am not very clear what justice you are obliged to serve. However, I
> urge you to "serve" justice to English language. Thanks for
> reminding me that some of my nearest and dearest ones have already been
> ticked off the list a while back. I was ignorant about it but how you
> know this? You must be a man. Hats off to you
>
> You are right. There are enough guns pointing in all directions.
>
> Regards
>
> Shafiq
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" Ezajur@ wrote:
> >
> > Shafiq
> >
> > I hope some of Ramjan's nearest and dearest are on the list. But the
> glibness with which you ignore the crimes of the rokhi bahini obliges me
> to serve justice and remind you that some of your nearest and dearest
> have already been ticked off the list a while back.
> >
> > There are enough guns pointing in all directions.
> >
> > Ezajur Rahman
> > Kuwait
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "shafiq013" shafiq013@ wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Mr. Mohammed Ramjan
> > >
> > >
> > > Even 100 thousand clips this will not deter nation's desire and
> > > will to try the war criminals. I can really feel pity for you for
> all
> > > your futile efforts. All attempt by you and people like you cannot
> and
> > > will not dissuade people of Bangladesh determination to try these so
> > > called guardians of Islam. Sorry son, but it seems some of your
> nearest
> > > and dearest ones are in the list.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Shafiq Ahmad
> > >
> > > @yahoogroups.com, Mohammed Ramjan <mramjan@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > War Crime by Mukti Bahini
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0hSH5ctyk0&feature=related
> > > >
> > > > _________________________________________________________________
> > > > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection.
> > > > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/
> > > >
> > >
> >
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[ALOCHONA] 9/11 Truth: 1000 Scholars state Scientific Impossibility of Official Tale



Some Updates on 9/11 Truth: 1000 Scholars state Scientific Impossibility of Official Tale; Connecting The Dots on the 9/11 inside job

Alex James

Dear Ladies & Gents,

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The major news agencies are working to manipulate anti-muslim/arab emotions and don't provide the real information. Now, here are some of the latest developments on 9/11 Truth Research and important info on the 9/11 Inside Job. There are hundreds of pieces of information demonstrating that 9/11 was an inside job. Here's some of it……First, lets start with a video on some of the patriotic witnesses to 9/11 Truth who have been murdered, suicided or accidented (remember that over 170 witnesses to President John F. Kennedy's assassination truth suffered a similar fate, many others were intimidated and harrased like Texas Judge Jim Garrison who tried to prosecute CIA operatives for the assassination http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/JFK/deaths.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_hV3DhPT3I ):

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February 24, 2010 "Washington Times" -- A lingering technical question about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks still haunts some, and it has political implications:

How did 200,000 tons of steel disintegrate and drop in 11 seconds? A thousand architects and engineers want to know, and are calling on Congress to order a new investigation into the destruction of the Twin Towers and Building 7 at the World Trade Center.

"In order to bring down this kind of mass in such a short period of time, the material must have been artificially, exploded outwards," says Richard Gage, a San Francisco architect and founder of the nonprofit Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth.

Mr. Gage, who is a member of the American Institute of Architects, managed to persuade more than 1,000 of his peers to sign a new petition requesting a formal inquiry.

"The official Federal Emergency Management [Agency] and National Institute of Standards and Technology reports provide insufficient, contradictory and fraudulent accounts of the circumstances of the towers' destruction. We are therefore calling for a grand jury investigation of NIST officials," Mr. Gage adds.

The technical issues surrounding the collapse of the towers has prompted years of debate, rebuttal and ridicule.

He is particularly disturbed by Building 7, a 47-story skyscraper, which was not hit by an aircraft, yet came down in "pure free-fall acceleration." He also says that more than 100 first-responders reported explosions and flashes as the towers were falling and cited evidence of "multi-ton steel sections ejected laterally 600 ft. at 60 mph" and the "mid-air pulverization of 90,000 tons of concrete & metal decking."

There is also evidence of "advanced explosive nano-thermitic composite material found in the World Trade Center dust," Mr. Gage says. The group's petition at www. ae911truth.org is already on its way to members of Congress.

"Government officials will be notified that 'Misprision of Treason,' U.S. Code 18 (Sec. 2382), is a serious federal offense, which requires those with evidence of treason to act," Mr. Gage says. "The implications are enormous and may have profound impact on the forthcoming Khalid Shaikh Mohammed trial."
 

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[ALOCHONA] Bangladesh is going back to 1972-75 era !!



Bangladesh is going back to 1972-75 era !!

Yasmeen Sultana, USA

The common citizens of Bangladesh is observing with horror the nefarious activities of Awami Leaguers from all levels, at all levels. Their actions, and words both inside the parliament and outside of it are raising alarms in the minds of the common citizens. Even some Awami league supporters are confessing that their leaders are doing excesses. They say that they are very scared now thinking of the future of the country.

Only yesterday Sheikh Selim, a cousin of the current prime minister of Bangladesh, declared that Tarek Rahman will be arrested upon return to Bangladesh on murder charges. In his opinion Tarek Rahman was behing the killings on August 21, 2004 (in a public meeting attended by Hasina and other top ranking Awami league leaders). People know that Selim acts as a spokesperson of Hasina. When Hasina says something in the parliament or in any public gathering it is repeated by Selim the next day. It happens the other way round too. In cases when Hasina does not want to enhance her reputation of a wrong headed person adept in uttering filthy words Selim takes over. Immediately after the formation of the current BD government full of anti-Bangladeshi, arrogant, ignorant sycophants Selim started showing his real colours both inside and outside of the parliament. He started by saying that Ziaur Rahman did not take part in the war of liberation. He compared Ziaur Rahman to a mad man. He told the BD parliament that they did not take part in the war of liberation being urged by a pagol-chagol. He was ably supported by criminals like Sajeda, Faruk, Showkat, Motia, etc. Like always Awami league believes that MIGHT is RIGHT. They do not have any sense of decency, any sense of accountability. They do not understand that their statements in the parliament portray them as street urchins who follow the directives of their MASTERS.

Then last month both Hasina and Selim said that they believe that Ziaur Rahman's body is not in the grave yard at the Zia Uddan. They challenged BNP to prove them wrong. Begum Khaleda Zia once said "I do not have the taste to respond to Hasina's statements". I think Khaleda Zia did the right this time as well. Why should she respond to claims or assertions made by people who are very low in terms of morality!! But to show respect to the sentiments of millions of common Bangladeshi the WIDELY circulated Bangladeshi daily "Amardesh" published a report on the burial of Ziaur Rahman's body (preceded by Janaza attended by lakhs of common Bangladeshi). The report cited headlines from different daily newspapers published on the day of burial of Ziaur Rahman, the most honest statesman this part of the world has ever seen. The report also had a picture of little Tarek Rahman crying by the coffin of his beloved father. Even after that, like angry dogs Awami league leaders kept repeating the same false words over and over again.

As always Awami league wants people to accept that truth is what Awami league thinks to be true. It was made clear by the actions of some so-called members of BD parliament belonging to Awami league a couple of nights ago. When one BNP law maker cited one veteran (late) Awami league leader's words following the killing of Sheikh by a group of patriotic BD army officers the Awami league members displayed their real colour. I do not have the taste to dwell on this any more. AWAMI LEAGUE IS ALWAYS THE SAME, intolerant, hostile, violent, low, etc. etc.

These activities of Awami league activits remind the older generation of the Banglasdeshi population of the dark days that they had to endure during 1972-75. During that time Sheikh Mujib acted like a demi-God (the role taken over by Hasina now). He was supported by a group of ignorant, arrogant young group of his followers led by his infamous nephew Sheikh Moni. People used to think that Moni was the second prime minister of Bangladesh. Interestingly enough Moni's part is being played by Selim, his younger brother.

Yasmeen Sultana
Rockville, USA
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[ALOCHONA] Indian upper house approves women's quota



Indian upper house approves women's quota

The upper house of India's parliament has approved a bill to reserve a third of all seats in the national parliament and state legislatures for women.

The bill was passed with 186 members of the 245-seat house voting in favour. Only one member voted against. Several smaller parties boycotted the vote. The bill's introduction on Monday led to uproar from opponents, resulting in the suspension of seven MPs on Tuesday.

First proposed in 1996, the bill now has support from India's main parties.

ANALYSIS
Soutik Biswas
By Soutik Biswas
BBC News, Delhi

This is one affirmative action which large parts of India do support.

India does have some measures to support its women, but in a largely patriarchal society they have borne the brunt of neglect and discrimination.

Acts such as female foeticide leading to skewed sex ratios in some of the most prosperous states are abominable. Things are changing, but the way India sometimes treats its women is a national shame.

Also, with just 10% of its parliamentary seats held by women, India needs to play catch-up. Its neighbours fare much better - Bangladesh reserves 15% of its parliamentary seats for women, Pakistan 30% and Afghanistan, after its new constitution, more than 27%.

At present women make up just 10% of the lower house of parliament (Lok Sabha), and significantly fewer in state assemblies.

Sonia Gandhi, Congress party president, has said she attaches the "highest importance" to the proposals and passing them would be a "gift to the women of India".

The bill needed the support of two-thirds of voters present in the upper house (Rajya Sabha) for it to be passed.

It will be tabled in the lower house at a later date. An overwhelming majority there support the move, correspondents say.

The bill has the support of the governing Congress-led UPA alliance, the BJP-led NDA alliance and left-wing parties.

Many believe it will help overcome gender inequality in India and lead to decisions that help improve the lives of millions of women.

'Giant step'

Party leaders hailed the approval of the historic bill, which they had hoped would be passed on Monday, International Women's Day.

Indian women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The bill is a historic and giant step towards empowering women and a celebration of their rights," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in the Rajya Sabha. "Women are facing discrimination at home, there is domestic violence, unequal access to health and education. This has to end," he said. Communist leader Brinda Karat said it would change the "culture of the country because women today are still caught in a culture prison".

"In the name of tradition, stereotypes are imposed and we have to fight these every day," she said. The Congress party's Jayanthi Natarajan said "women have been waiting for 62 years for this moment".

The bill's passage through the upper house was marked by scenes of chaos after it was tabled on Monday.

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Such a policy is likely to increase the pool of talent needed at the top of our political class
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[This is] not going to lead to the empowerment of ordinary Indian women... all that it is going to do is to make political gharanas (dynasties) even more powerful
Vinod Sharma, India Retold


Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley, speaking in parliament on Tuesday, said the uproar was "one of the most shameful moments in India's parliamentary democracy".

Earlier, seven MPs had been forcibly removed from the upper house by security guards, after they refused to leave having been suspended for disorderly behaviour.

The MPs had shouted slogans, snatched papers from Vice President Hamid Ansari's table, torn them and thrown them at him.

The MPs are all members of three parties opposing the women's bill: the Samajwadi Party (SP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Loktantric Janata Party (LJP).

While India's main parties back the legislation, smaller socialist parties argue it will reduce representation of minorities and socially disadvantaged groups. They want set quotas for women from Muslim and low-caste communities.

There are currently 59 women in the 545-member Lok Sabha. Under the proposals their numbers would rise to 181. The composition of the 245-seat upper house, which at present has 21 women, will not be affected as its members are indirectly elected by state assemblies.

India already reserves a third of local governing council seats in towns and villages for women, a move that has significantly increased their role in decision-making.

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[ALOCHONA] The tomato cultivators



The tomato cultivators
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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[ALOCHONA] Re: War Crime by Mukti Bahini



Dear Ezajur

That is the difference. You are very hopeful that some of Ramjan's nearest and dearest ones are on the list. I only apprehend that. You may be a very smart guy and may have a very good command on History of Bangladesh but we are talking the era of 1971 and the liberation war of Bangladesh. Today you and people like you will try to dilute the gravity of the situation by citing Rokhi Bahini though Rokhi Bahini did not exist at that time. Tomorrow you may and you will also bring the rising price of essentials in this context.  

I am not very clear what justice you are obliged to serve. However, I urge you to "serve" justice to English language. Thanks for reminding me that some of my nearest and dearest ones have already been ticked off the list a while back. I was ignorant about it but how you know this? You must be a man. Hats off to you

You are right. There are enough guns pointing in all directions.

Regards

Shafiq

 

 

 

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" <Ezajur@...> wrote:
>
> Shafiq
>
> I hope some of Ramjan's nearest and dearest are on the list. But the glibness with which you ignore the crimes of the rokhi bahini obliges me to serve justice and remind you that some of your nearest and dearest have already been ticked off the list a while back.
>
> There are enough guns pointing in all directions.
>
> Ezajur Rahman
> Kuwait
>
>
>
> --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "shafiq013" shafiq013@ wrote:
> >
> >
> > Mr. Mohammed Ramjan
> >
> >
> > Even 100 thousand clips this will not deter nation's desire and
> > will to try the war criminals. I can really feel pity for you for all
> > your futile efforts. All attempt by you and people like you cannot and
> > will not dissuade people of Bangladesh determination to try these so
> > called guardians of Islam. Sorry son, but it seems some of your nearest
> > and dearest ones are in the list.
> >
> >
> >
> > Shafiq Ahmad
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[ALOCHONA] Article:Bangladesh and India Relationship:Wheels within Wheels



Forwarding this article for the knowledge of all. Would appreciate your individual comments to be mailed at gmail address and your cooperation to circullate this amonf friends ,relatives and coworkers and professionals to enhance Citizen awareness on current affairs.
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The idea of Swadeshi or "one's own country" is one of the noblest conceptions that has stirred the heart of humanity and was the quintessential factor that influenced the partition of the sub-continent in 1947, creating India and Pakistan, and later led to the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. Why did this happen? Freedom is the birth right of every nation; secondly, the country's interests were made subservient to...  read more>>





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[ALOCHONA] 8th May a comparative discussion: Begum Rokeya and Taslima Nasreen



People of Bangladesh had celebrated the International Woman's Day yesterday with a dew respect. On 9th December we would also commemorate the Begum Rokeya day in memory of the First Muslim Women Educationist who fought for the equal rights of man and woman in Bengal.
 
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain was died on 9 December 1932; she was born in 1880 in a village called Pairaband in the district Rangpur. Widely regarded as Bengal's earliest and boldest feminist writer, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain was a pioneering and creative educationist and social activist, and the school she founded in Kolkata, the Sakhawat Memorial School for Girls, still thrives.She was also a social activist, who organized middle-class women in undertaking slum development and training poor women in incomegenerating activities.
 
Her style of writing was in a way to raise popular consciousness; she used humour, irony and satire to focus attention on the injustices faced by Bengali Muslim women. She criticized oppressive social customs forced upon women in the name of religion, asserting that the glory of God could be best displayed by women fulfilling their potential as human beings.
 
She wrote several novels and essays, her best known publications are Sultana's Dream (1905), Padmarag (1924), Motichur (1903) and Abarodhbasini (1931). Sultana's Dream, written in English (to test her proficiency in English), is a delightful ironical and satirical work set in Ladyland, where the men are in curtain „purdah" and the women go out and work.
 
And the irony of Bengali history is that, what Begum Rokeya achieved at the end of 19th century as a pioneer of women's liberation movement in undivided Bengal; Taslima Nasreen - a writer on trial - did not achieve even at the end of 20th century. Taslima has been rejected by the same Bengali society after 100 years. Does Taslima push the boundaries of religious tolerance?
 
-Mir Monaz Haque, Berlin


 


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[ALOCHONA] Humanising the Border Security Force



Humanising the Border Security Force

R.K. Raghavan

A senior BSF officer's arrest in J&K for the killing of a youth poses new challenges. Officers and men need to be told that the government and the force would take care of them only as long as they are sensitive to human rights.

The arrest of Border Security Force Commandant R.K. Birdi in Jammu and Kashmir for allegedly ordering the shooting of a 16-year-old Kashmiri should send shock waves across the ranks in that critical paramilitary force. K.F. Rustamji, the legendary founder of the BSF, was a dynamic and respected policeman who built the BSF brick by brick and paved the way for it to become the premier ally of the Army that it is today in defending the Indo-Pakistan border. (It was just the other day that I was reviewing for The Hindu a diary he left behind.)

Ironically, Rustamji was the father of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in India. Two articles he wrote in 1979 in a national daily formed the substance of the first petition of this genre: it drew the Supreme Court's attention to the miserable plight of undertrials in Karnataka and Bihar and ensured the release of nearly 40,000 prisoners languishing in Indian jails. This he did in his role as a member of the first National Police Commission (NPC) set up in 1977. He was known for his ethical principles and respect for human rights. He should be turning in his grave as a single BSF officer's misconduct and total insensitivity have brought ignominy to the organisation.

From what has been reported on the incident of February 5, 2010, Birdi's action was utterly impulsive and thoughtless. He was a total stranger to his victim, Zahid Farook Shah, a high school student. He did not therefore have any motive for the killing. (When the case against Birdi ultimately goes to court, this factor of an absence of mens rea could weigh in the mind of the judge while awarding the sentence, once other facts establish Birdi's guilt.) That there was no motive does not by itself take the sting out of an otherwise horrific act. It will also be poor consolation to the distraught parents.

These are the basic facts of the episode. Birdi and his fellow-BSF men of a battalion posted in J&K were travelling in a convoy one evening to their camp in Shalimar. On their way, they were confronted by a jeering group of youth returning from a rain-abandoned cricket match in Nishat, on the outskirts of Srinagar. Birdi, who was in civilian clothes, was so provoked by their behaviour that he jumped out of his vehicle, seized a weapon from one of the patrol party accompanying him and waved it at the boys to intimidate them. When this possibly did not work, Birdi ordered one of his jawans, Constable Lakhwinder Singh, to open fire at them. One of the two rounds fired by Lakhwinder from his AK-47 rifle killed Zahid.

The incident naturally led to a public uproar. An internal enquiry clearly pointed to misconduct. Lakhwinder was arrested on February 10. This did not assuage public opinion, as rumours were swirling that he was forced by his Commandant to open fire. Sensing the public mood, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah took up the matter with Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram during his recent visit to the State. The State Special Investigation Team concluded, following severe questioning of Lakhwinder Singh and his colleagues, that Commandant Birdi was the principal culprit. He was also found guilty of fudging official records in an amateurish attempt to save himself. His subsequent suspension was a logical outcome. Birdi was handed over to the SIT and has since been remanded to custody.

The Nishat incident is significant. First, it highlights the might of public opinion against the highhandedness of security forces. The BSF is not part of the conventional police force. Also it operates in extremely tension-ridden areas close to the international border. These are at best extenuating circumstances which do not at all dilute the responsibility and accountability of its members. They are basically 'public servants', with only limited immunity from the law of the land even when they function in a disturbed area like J&K.

The stern action against Birdi sends out a warning to all policemen that, irrespective of their rank or the degree of hardship of their physical location, outrageous behaviour of the kind indulged in by Commandant Birdi against innocent civilians will not be condoned. One must compliment the firmness of Mr. Chidambaram and the doggedness of Mr. Abdullah in pursuing the legitimate complaint against a misbehaving Central force. Fortunately, the Centre-State divide and the crass politics that clouds many public security issues were not allowed to come in the way of delivering justice to a family that was blighted by the tragedy. Kudos are also due to the BSF leadership for being honest in its internal enquiry. This, again, is an example that should be emulated by other forces whenever a human rights violation is reported. These are times of transparency when a cover-up of a misdeed is not only not possible but is stupid and dangerous.

Having said this, we must ask ourselves why Birdi acted as recklessly as he did. First, I would like to have more information on his past. Has he come to adverse attention for erratic and impulsive behaviour earlier? If he had been reported against in the past, what did his supervisors do to discipline or counsel him? More important, what did his men in the battalion think of him? Without answers to these vital questions, we cannot fathom why he reacted so brutally to a most minor slight by a bunch of youngsters.

Let us not forget that life in the BSF — for that matter in most of the paramilitary forces — is tough. Men are posted in inhospitable places for long spells, away from their families. The sheer loneliness and physical hardship could kill the soul. A number of imaginative measures are being taken to reduce the intensity of the pain of separation from families.

The fact, however, is that ultimately, for one in a stressful profession like the police, nothing compensates for a wholesome life with one's wife and children. Whether Birdi was indeed a victim of suppressed emotions, only his close associates could tell. The history of the armed forces the world over carries many tales of recklessness by serving soldiers, and Birdi's is one of them.

The remedy lies somewhat in better person-management. To an outsider this may seem too naïve and fundamental. But it is hardly so. Mr. Chidambaram is a man of bright ideas and with tremendous faith in modern management practices. This combination can bring about a transformation in the way forces like the BSF are recruited and administered. That may not be a guarantee against officers like Birdi getting into senior positions in the future, where they can cause havoc. But then, there is no other way we can attempt to build sensitivity into the minds of the men in uniform who, because of the harsh environs in which they operate, have a short fuse that could blow at the slightest provocation.

Finally, one theory that will quickly circulate among many is that actions such as the arrest of a Battalion Commander could demoralise the men in the lower formations and make them ineffective and supine in the field. This is a legitimate fear that cannot be wished away. It is clear to everyone that Birdi's arrest was not a case of capricious administrative action fuelled by politics. It now requires adroit communication skills to convince the grassroots personnel of the BSF that they have nothing to worry as long as their conduct is civilised and in the interests of the nation.

It is not the freedom to respond to enemy fire that is now being sought to be curtailed. What is being stifled is unwarranted aggression against a civilian community which, at its worst, is misguided by the enemy. As long as the essence of this message percolates down the line through imaginative communication channels, there is little to fear in terms of loss of morale in the BSF's lower echelons. I am confident this will be taken care of, because the BSF has excellent men at the top, chosen on merit and not on extraneous considerations. It is gratifying that the force retains its professional élan despite an extremely difficult and contentious charter in J&K. More than that, it has not yet been politicised.

(The writer is a former Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation.)
 


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[ALOCHONA] Next Threat of Democracy



Dear Alochoks
 
I have soul searching query. Will Bangladeshi democracy survive another one decade?
Military is no more threat for democracy. But what about the religious extremest?
 
Aren't they try to make us feel like Pakistan? Will they leave us alone?
 
 
Haroon Rashid
Chittagong


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