| Defiance, frustration led to mutiny: Probe report "We've based the report on truth and reality. There is nothing based on speculation," Khan told reporters Reluctance to comply with the army and pent-up frustration over unfulfilled demands led to the mutiny at Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Pilkhana on February 25.The government committee, headed by former bureaucrat Anisuzzaman Khan, said this in its report submitted to Home Minister Sahara Khatun on Thursday. Khan today unveiled the findings of the report today at a press briefing at the secretariat in presence of the home minister."We've based the report on truth and reality. There is nothing based on speculation," Khan told reporters on Thursday at the secretariat after handing over the 309-page report. The government formed the inquiry committee on Feb 26 headed by the home minister, but later reformed the committee with the retired civil servant amid protests from a quarter. The committee is comprised of 11 former and serving bureaucrats and high-ranking officers from the army, navy and air force.The committee, reconstituted on March 2, began its work the following day. Its last deadline for submission of the report expired on May 11. Earlier, the time was extended for four times. The first deadline for its report, March 9, was extended by seven working days.On Mar 23, the committee got another four days.Finally on Mar 30, the committee was given 30 more workdays to submit the report for a proper investigation into the bloodbath at the border guards' headquarters ay Pilkhana in Dhaka that left at least 57 army officers killed. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=17162 |
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