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New BDR DG named, no mercy for killers
Dhaka Feb 27 (bdnews24.com)The government has named a new director general for the troubled border guards Bangladesh Rifles and said the general amnesty will not be for those who "directly" took part in killings.
Abul Kalam Azad, the spokesman for the prime minister, told bdnews24.com that an army officer, Brig Gen Moinul Hossain, AWC, PSC would lead the rebuilding efforts of the paramilitary forces.
"Those who were directly involved in the killings inside the BDR headquarters will not come under the general amnesty announced by the prime minister," press secretary Azad told senior correspondent Sumon Mahbub.
Azad said the prime minister also announced compensation for the victims of the mutiny. He said the government would pay for their children's education.
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As the time passing by,more and more people lost their sympathy with BDR jawans and now turning against them.The way they committed atrocities,unbelievable.
Gents, My condolences. Inna lillahi wa inna alaihi rajaoun. This is indeed a great loss for the Bangladesh Army and the nation. I really cannot imagine losing this many field ranking officers (Majs and Cols) even in a war let alone a mutiny. This is extremely tragic and as someone has stated above, would take years for the Army to make up as the experience and leadership that officers of such ranks provide to their units cannot be had overnight.
I just hope that these BDR culprits are punished for these ghastly murders. If the BD govt goes easy, this would be setting a wrong precedence for other disgruntled military and law enforcement agencies in the future. I would even venture to say that nothing short of disbandment and re-organization of the BDR would work.
One of the issues that I find disturbing here is as follows. Why is the BDR such a large force? Why is this force not broken down into smaller formations? While not perfect, in Pakistan, our border guards are split up by provinces even though the offrs are seconded from the Army as in the case of BDR. While good treatment of the men under the command is of paramount interest, from a security standpoint, you simply cannot have such a large force which is not integrated into the Army. While there are many lessons to be learned here by others in the region including Pakistan, I hope stern action is taken against these people.
I am truly amazed at the level of anger and frustration which leads these BDR men to kill officers in the tens. Its simply mind-boggling.
I hear of disturbances in Sylhet, Chittagong and Dhaka cantonments. Anyone know whats going on if anything?