Re: [ALOCHONA] Govt probe fails to identify real plotters

Incompetent Commission. They knew that it was designed by the BAL. For that reason they did not find the real plotters. Take Azam and Nanak in remand for two weeks, everything will be revealed. As long as BAL is in power, it will never be found. The Pilkhana Massacre was a revenge against our Army for 1975 Killing of the Sheikh Clan. It was done in asssociation with India to weaken our Army. 

SH

Toronto

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Subject: [ALOCHONA] Govt probe fails to identify real plotters

Govt probe fails to identify real plotters Finds soldiers grievances as primary reason for BDR rebellion; probe report made public The home ministry's probe committee on the February 25-26 rebellion and killings at the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Dhaka could not ascertain the real cause and motive for the carnage and suggested further investigations to identify the plotters. Describing the background of the bloody mutiny, the committee led by retired secretary Anis-uz Zaman Khan, said the grievances the BDR soldiers had harboured against their commanding officers from the army were the immediate reason for the rebellion and hinted that the players behind the scenes might have pulled strings capitalising on the discontent to destabilise the country in a planned way. The government on Wednesday made public the probe report at a press briefing at the home affairs ministry.Home minister Sahara Khatun, state minister Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj, home secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder and BDR director general major general Mainul Islam, among others, were present, at the briefing. The committee has identified the soldiers grievances and their demand for increased allowances as the primary reason for the mutiny�Besides, Dal Bhat Programme, punishments meted out to jawans, irregularities in running the BDR shops and schools and officers� luxurious living fuelled the discontent,� Anis-uz Zaman said, adding that discontent among the BDR soldiers over their commanding officers coming from the army had been latent for long. The committee has recommended striking a balance in the facilities for the military, paramilitary and law enforcement agencies. It also suggested revision of the service tenure of the members of the BDR in line with that of the army. When asked about the next step to identify the masterminds of the carnage, Sahara Khatun said, a case was lodged in connection with the incidents and that the Criminal Investigation Department was investigating it. �We will be able to identify the plotters and perpetrators once the CID submits the charge sheet,� she added. The probe found that a group of BDR soldiers had met with a number of politicians before the mutiny to raise their demands that included 100 per cent ration, increase in border allowance, recruitment of cadre officers for the BDR, revision of its pay structure in keeping with that of the army and sending BDR soldiers to the UN peacekeeping missions. As the BDR members did not get the response they had expected from the politicians, they hold a number of secret meetings and planned to hold the BDR chief hostage along with some other commanders, according to the findings. The grievances were not that serious and some forces might have capitalised on the situation and instigated the gory killings to break the chain of command and make the border force inoperative, according to the report. The committee recorded statements of 107 people including ministers, lawmakers, chiefs of the armed forces, former directors general of the BDR, chiefs of intelligence agencies and BDR soldiers. The inquiry found that BDR�s deputy assistant director Touhid, DADs Habib, Jalil, Nasir, Rahim, subedar major Gofran, nayek subedar Manoranjan, habilder assistant Moniruzzaman, sepoys Selim Reza, Tareq, Ayub, Kajol, Sahabuddin, Moinuddin, Rezaul, Rubel, Habib, Muhith, Nizam, Sahadat and Obayed, lance nayek assistants Saidur and Lutfar, lance nayek Zakaria, and others were involved in planning and carrying out the carnage. The probe found that former lawmaker of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu helped a good number of BDR rebels flee to Keraniganj by engine boats. Some overenthusiastic locals provided the fleeing soldiers with clothes, drinking water and food and former ward commissioner of BNP Suraiya Begum, her two sons, local gangsters Masud, Leather Liton [son of Torab Ali, a local leader of Awami League] and others were involved in such activities, Anis-uz Zaman said quoting the report. The report recommended quick and exemplary punishment of the perpetrators under the Army Act. Earlier on May 21, the 12-member committee submitted its 309-page report to the home affairs minister citing grievances of the BDR soldiers against their commanders deputed from the army as a probable cause for the rebellion. The committee, however, did not mention anywhere in the report any militant links to the BDR incidents. About the commerce minister's statement that militants had links to the carnage, the head of the probe body said, it was the minister�s personal view. �The committee in its primary findings has not found any militant links.� Seventy-four people, including 57 army officers, a retired army personnel, wives of two army officers, 9 BDR soldiers, four civilians, an army soldier and a police constable, were killed in the �mutiny and carnage,� according to the report, which mentioned that most army officials were killed by 11:00am and 52 of them were killed in and around the Darbar hall. The probe found that subebar major Md Nurul Islam was killed as he opposed the mutiny. The committee suggested that the BDR members who were killed while protesting against the mutiny should duly be honoured and their families be properly compensated. The report also recommended formation of a national crisis management committee to tackle such issues in future and to immediately raise a counter intelligence force with members from the armed forces to prevent recurrence of such incidents. The committee suggested reorganisation of the Bangladesh Rifles, formation of a central intelligence coordination committee and relocation of businesses for the intelligence agencies as long-term measures. Strongly criticising the role of the media during and after the rebellion, the committee called for formulation of a �code of conduct� for the print and electronic media during national security crisis. It said the electronic media on many occasions had tarnished the image of the army and at times projected many negative aspects in news and talk shows without knowing the whole matter. The committee which included the law secretary, BDR director general, representatives of the Prime Minister�s Office, cabinet division, army, navy and air force, police, home ministry and the judge advocate general, recommended updating of the laws of the Bangladesh Rifles and other paramilitary forces. It its 23-point recommendations, the probe body asked the government not to involve any armed forces or law enforcement agencies in any programme like Operation Dal Bhat. It said the government should take immediate measures to address the demands of the military, paramilitary and law enforcement agencies. The home secretary said the government had started taking measures in keeping with the recommendations. As the committee lacked tools and techniques to interrogate the suspects and unearth the truth, none of the people brought before the committee provided any crucial information or proof, according to the report. http://www.newagebd .com/2009/ may/28/front. html

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