Bangladesh:Gunfight at BDR headquarters

[notsuperstitious]

sure why not, india can not be counted out from the list of suspects.

if bangladeshis find any indian involvement, they can make the evidence public like india did with mumbai and things will be clear.

but of course, the present govt is in India's hands, so they will never do it

hmmm... conspiracy theorists always think of EVERTHING, except evidence of course.

 

[Al-zakir]

Farewell to martyred Army officers with state honour


During the 1971 Liberation War, we lost 51 officers in nine months and the mutiny claimed 135 in few hours,"

Tuesday March 03 2009 00:13:54 AM BDT

Army bugles played the last post as the country yesterday bade farewell with the highest state honour the army officers killed in the country's worst ever massacre in last week's mutiny in the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troops.(The Bangladesh Today)

"They were buried with full state and military honour at the Banani Army Graveyard," an army spokesman told BSS.

Forty two officers including BDR chief Major General Shakil Ahmed were buried at the graveyard in the presence of their near ones as the chiefs of army, navy and air force offered their last respect amid gun salutes while air force helicopters and army trucks carried the bodies of another eight to their village homes for burial with similar honour.

Thousands of people earlier today thronged the National Parade Square in Dhaka to join the namaj-e-janaza ritual for 50 officers as several other bodies remained in military morgue for identity confirmation while searches were underway at the BDR headquarter for 70 missing ones.

A 21-gun salute was offered as the army trucks carried 50 national flag draped bodies to the Parade Square, where President Zillur Rahman, cabinet members, politicians stood in solemn silence along with army troops and several thousand people in several rows.

A maulana recited from the holy Quran while emotion gripped the mourners as a military official read out the assassinated officers' name. Soon after the janaza ritual seeking eternal blessings for departed souls, in a brief and somber ceremony President Rahman offered wreaths in front of the coffins while air force jets offered flying salutes.

Military Secretary to the Prime Minister, Brigadier General Md Amin Tarique, PSC, G, followed the president in offering wreaths on her behalf. Later, Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed, Chief of Naval Staff Rear Admiral ZU Ahmed and Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal SM Ziaur Rahman placed wreaths to pay their tributes to the martyred army officers.

The ceremony came as army and fire brigade rescuers said, they discovered another mass grave as the launched a renewed and intensified search campaign for 70 missing or dead officers in 10 square kilometer area of the BDR complex at the heart of the capital.

On the arrival of the coffins, a contingent from three services gave armed salute to the slain officers. The Namaz-e-Janaza was held for Shaheed Major General Shakil Ahmed and his wife Begum Nazneen Shakil, Brigadier General Md Abdul Bari, Brigadier General Md Zakir Hossain, Colonel Mujibul Haque, Col Md Anisuzzaman, Col Mohammad Mashiur Rahman, Col Kudrat Elahi Rahman Shafiq, Col Mohammad Akhtar Hossain, Col Md Rezaul Kabir, Col Nafiz Uddin Ahmed, Col Kazi Emdadul Haq, Col Shamsul Arefin Ahamed, Col Mohammad Nakibur Rahman, Col Kazi Moazzem Hossain, Col Md Shawkat Imam, Col Mohammad Emdadul Islam, Col Md Aftabul Islam, Lt Col Enshad Ibn Amin, Lt Col Enayetul Haq, Lt Col Golam Kibria, Lt Col Shamsul Azam, Lt Col Md Badrul Huda, Lt Col Md Saiful Islam, Lt Col Md Lutfar Rahman, Lt Col Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman, Lt Col Kazi Rabi Rahman, Lt Col Lutfar Rahman Khan, Maj Md Makbul Hossain, Maj Md Abdus Salam Khan, Maj Hossain Sohel Shahnewaj, Maj Kazi Mosaddek Hossain, Major Md Saleh, Maj Mahmud Hasan, Maj Mustak Mahmud, Maj Mahmudul Hasan, Maj Humayun Haider, Maj Md Azharul Islam, Maj Md Humayun Kabir Sarkar, Maj Md Khalid Hossain, Maj Mohammad Maksum-ul-Hakim, Maj Syed Md Idris Iqbal, Maj Md Rafiqul Islam, Maj Muhammad Mosharaf Hossain, Maj Mohammad Mominul Islam Sarkar, Maj Mostafa Asaduzzaman and Maj SM Mamunur Rahman as well as army jawan Jahrul Islam.

"During the 1971 Liberation War, we lost 51 officers in nine months and the mutiny claimed 135 in few hours," during the Wednesday and Thursday's BDR rebellion, Bangladesh's first army chief retired major general M Shafiullah said.

http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=250011

 

[Al-zakir]

Bangladesh bids farewell to martyred army officers with state honour

President joins janaza of slain army officers

Monday March 02 2009 19:41:43 PM BDT


DHAKA, Bangladesh, Mar 2 (BSS)- Thousands of people thronged the National Parade Square as the Namaz-e-janaza of 48 martyred army officers including BDR Chief Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed as well as his slain wife Nazneen Shakil and an army jawan was held here this morning bidding farewell to them with state honour.

A 21-gun salute was offered as army trucks carried 50 national flag draped coffins to the scene, where President Zillur Rahman, cabinet members, lawmakers, politicians and chiefs of three services stood in solemn silence along with army troops, civil and military officers, relatives and several thousand people.

Emotion gripped the mourners as a military official read out the names of the slain officers as Bangladesh lost the highest number of army officers in a mutiny while the mourners were asked "what type of people the dead were" as part of the janaza.

The imam, who led the namaj-e-janaza, recited from the holy Quran ahead of the janaza followed by their burial at the Banani Military Graveyard.

President Zillur Rahman attended the namaj-e-janaza of 48 army officers, wife of BDR) Chief Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed's wife Nazneen Shakil and a army jawan at the National Parade Square here this morning.

They were brutally killed in the rebellion of BDR jawans at its headquarters at Peelkhana here on February 25 and 26.Cabinet members, lawmakers, political leaders, chiefs ofthree services along with civil and military officials attended the janaza.

Besides, relatives of the slain army officers and a huge number of people from all walks of life joined the janaza. They prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls of the army officers.

Later, President Zillur Rahman placed wreaths at the coffins of the slain soldiers and stood in solemn silence for some time.

Military Secretary to the Prime Minister also placed wreaths on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed, Chief of Naval Staff Rear Admiral ZU Ahmed and Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal SM Ziaur Rahman placed wreaths to pay their tributes to the slain army officers.

After placing of wreaths, air force jets offered flying salutes to the army officers. Earlier, a 21-gun salute was offered when nine trucks
decorated with flowers carried the national flag draped coffins to the parade square.

On the arrival of the coffins, a contingent from three services gave armed salute to the slain officers.


Earlier on Friday, the namaz-e-janaza of seven slain army officers was held at the Army Central Mosque in Dhaka Cantonment.


On the arrival of the coffins,a contingent from three services gave armed salute to the slain officers. The Namaz-e-Janaza was held for Shaheed Major General Shakil Ahmed and his wife Begum Nazneen Shakil, Brigadier General Md Abdul Bari, Brigadier General Md Zakir Hossain, Colonel Mujibul Haque, Col Md Anisuzzaman, Col Mohammad Mashiur Rahman,Col Kudrat Elahi Rahman Shafiq, Col Mohammad Akhtar Hossain, Col Md Rezaul Kabir, Col Nafiz Uddin Ahmed, Col Kazi Emdadul Haq, Col Shamsul Arefin Ahamed, Col Mohammad Nakibur Rahman, Col Kazi Moazzem Hossain, Col Md Shawkat Imam, Col Mohammad Emdadul Islam,Col Md Aftabul Islam, Lt Col Enshad Ibn Amin, Lt Col Enayetul Haq, Lt Col Golam Kibria, Lt Col Shamsul Azam, Lt Col Md Badrul Huda, Lt Col Md Saiful Islam, Lt Col Md Lutfar Rahman, Lt Col Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman, Lt Col Kazi Rabi Rahman, Lt Col Lutfar Rahman Khan, Maj Md Makbul Hossain, Maj Md Abdus Salam Khan, Maj Hossain Sohel Shahnewaj, Maj Kazi Mosaddek Hossain, Major Md Saleh, Maj Mahmud Hasan, Maj Mustak Mahmud, Maj Mahmudul Hasan,Maj Humayun Haider, Maj Md Azharul Islam, Maj Md Humayun Kabir Sarkar, Maj Md Khalid Hossain, Maj Mohammad Maksum-ul-Hakim, Maj Syed Md Idris Iqbal, Maj Md Rafiqul Islam, Maj Muhammad Mosharaf Hossain, Maj Mohammad Mominul Islam Sarkar, Maj Mostafa Asaduzzaman and Maj S M Mamunur Rahman as well as army jawan Jahrul Islam.

Later, 42 slain officers were buried at Military Graveyard at Banani in the city while eight others were flown to their respective villages for burial with state honour.


http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=249910

 

[Al-zakir]

Army orders own inquiry

Mon, Mar 2nd, 2009 10:24 pm BdST
Dhaka, March 2 (bdnews24.com) – The army announced on Monday its own team of investigators will work to unravel the mystery of the Feb 25-25 mutiny.

"An army investigation team led by Lt Gen Jahangir (Alam Chowdhury) will begin work from tomorrow," the chief of general staff lieutenant general Sina Ibne Jamali told reporters at the army headquarters.

Gen Jahangir is a former BDR chief.

Army orders own inquiry :: Bangladesh :: bdnews24.com ::

 

[TopCat]

sure why not, india can not be counted out from the list of suspects.

if bangladeshis find any indian involvement, they can make the evidence public like india did with mumbai and things will be clear.

but of course, the present govt is in India's hands, so they will never do it

hmmm... conspiracy theorists always think of EVERTHING, except evidence of course.

Sorry, army kicked govt out of the probe committee and army is investigating it separately. They will even convict Govt minister if they find so.
If India is involved we will let you know. We are investigating and not going to conclusion right now but your RAW already did and blamed that to ISI. Fishy Fishy....

 

[TopCat]

Also your ambassador in Dhaka yet to get an appointment with Government, but US/UK/PK/RUS did. You know where things are heading now?????

 

[BanglaBhoot]

Also your ambassador in Dhaka yet to get an appointment with Government, but US/UK/PK/RUS did. You know where things are heading now?????

Pinak dada has not been able to see Hasina yet?

Did you see SQC's counter-allegations against RAW? I think 99% of Bangladesh will believe his comment whatever his past misdemeanors.

 

[BanglaBhoot]

I think we should take this as a sign of confidence and support to Bangladesh considering the security issues now involved the Pakistan team are still coming to play -

Pakistan to tour Bangladesh despite mutiny

Pakistan will go ahead with the tour of Bangladesh due to start later this week despite a mutiny in the paramilitary headquarters, a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official said Monday, reports Reuters.

Pakistan are scheduled to arrive Saturday for a 16-day trip to play two Twenty20 Internationals and five one-day internationals against the hosts.

"We have not received any message to postpone or defer the tour so far. So the series will go as planned," BCB media Chief Jalal Yunus said.

At least 80 people died, mostly army officers, in a two-day mutiny which erupted at the paramilitary headquarters, causing a major security alert in Bangladesh.

"We have already taken tight security measures for the Pakistan series and if it is deemed necessary we will beef up the security further," said Yunus.

The Pakistan series is a reciprocal trip as Bangladesh went on a tour last year to fill in after Australia cancelled a tour at the eleventh hour on security ground.

Pakistan to tour Bangladesh despite mutiny

 

[idune]

Pinak dada has not been able to see Hasina yet?

Did you see SQC's counter-allegations against RAW? I think 99% of Bangladesh will believe his comment whatever his past misdemeanors.

I hope it stays that way but I don't think Pinak has run out luck yet. We need to see more action by Hasina admin before get convinced.

I am glad SQC slapped lawsuit against CNN-IBN (indian BS network). Do you have any comment on wining such case?

 

[blain2]

I think we should take this as a sign of confidence and support to Bangladesh considering the security issues now involved the Pakistan team are still coming to play -

Pakistan to tour Bangladesh despite mutiny

Pakistan will go ahead with the tour of Bangladesh due to start later this week despite a mutiny in the paramilitary headquarters, a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official said Monday, reports Reuters.

Pakistan are scheduled to arrive Saturday for a 16-day trip to play two Twenty20 Internationals and five one-day internationals against the hosts.

"We have not received any message to postpone or defer the tour so far. So the series will go as planned," BCB media Chief Jalal Yunus said.

At least 80 people died, mostly army officers, in a two-day mutiny which erupted at the paramilitary headquarters, causing a major security alert in Bangladesh.

"We have already taken tight security measures for the Pakistan series and if it is deemed necessary we will beef up the security further," said Yunus.

The Pakistan series is a reciprocal trip as Bangladesh went on a tour last year to fill in after Australia cancelled a tour at the eleventh hour on security ground.

Pakistan to tour Bangladesh despite mutiny

Unlike the Western countries, the South Asian countries should back each other up to the hilt by continuing to play as long as appropriate security is in place. We owe SL a big one for proving all of the Westerners chicken by visiting Pakistan....Pakistan will do the same for SL and BD. Indians have the tendency to mix politics with sports so they will probably sit out, however when Pakistan and India mend fences, then the cricketing visits must go on regardless of any action in the host nation. If there is anything that holds people together in South Asia then its Cricket..it must go on!

 

[blain2]

Sorry, army kicked govt out of the probe committee and army is investigating it separately. They will even convict Govt minister if they find so.

Iajdani,

If I can draw a parallel for BD Army (given that their Army act, rules and regulations are pretty similar to those of the PA), regardless of an external committee, commission or investigation, the Army has to do its own investigation. This is to ensure that within the framework of the Army act/law, all aspects are investigated, those who are found guilty are punished and that steps can be taken in order to ensure that such things do not occur again.

 

[M_Saint]

Friends/Brothers,

I have just found the following E-mail of a BD soldier, who has urged
to spread its message. I think he has summerized the reason for massacre correctly. Here we go,


From an Army Officer:
Our beloved People of Bangladesh:

Take the salute of Bangladesh Army. We know that you feel now how much you were bluffed at Pilkhana by the so called "cause" of the BDR jawans on 25th February 2009. You at first thought that they were right...they were deprived. But you see, we are the army, given birth, trained and fed by the people's money. we can never betray our people, our nation. if we wanted, we could bring martial law in the country on 1/11 or anytime after that.
Here is the true story of BDR:
1. Before 2002, only very average army officers were posted to BDR. Those officers used to pass time and wait for retirement. the scenario was changed in late 2002, when army started to pump in outstanding oficers to BDR to shape up the national border and curb cross-border crime and smuggling. If you plz recall, Phencidil was introduced by india in Bangladesh across benapole in the mid 1980s at the cost of Tk 2 per bottle. once they captured our young brains, they rose the price gradually and now they have phency factories all along Bangladesh border only to supply to Bangladesh. this is just an example of cross-border crime. so, to guard our beloved land, army started pumping very good officers into BDR. Before 2002, the BDR jawans were very rich through the earning of smuggling. their sepoys and naiks and havilders had buildings and house that even officers can only dream of. After 2002, smuggling and its sharing by BDR jawans started coming down. capture of smuggling figures, if you can manage, will rightly prove that. therefore the young BDR jawans that were pictured from pilkhana were the young ppl with 5-10 years of service who couldn't earn from smuggling. their seniors told them, "You see, we have made house when we were sepoy, but you can't have now because army officers are making money and not sharing with you.." this is theme they used to motivate the young jawans.
2. whenever there is an encounter with BSF, always we are the winner. Plz remeber the incidents of Roumari, Padua etc.. But all that appear in media is about our casualty only, rightly for the purpose of diplomacy principle. as long as army officers lead BDR, BSF will never win any single battle, they will always be in the loser's end and india will not be able to pump in drugs, fake currency and other harmful things into Bangladesh. the DADs of BDR are the worst losers. they are educated officers but can't do anything because of army officers.
3.. If you take another glance of Point 1 and 2 above, you will realise that if you were the enemy of Bangladesh, you would surely do the folowing:
• Capitalise on point 1 to motivate DADs and young BDR jawans against the army officers
• if BCS officers are posted, the shrewd DADs would be able to easily bluff the innocent and educated BCS officers, threat them, and earn money.
4. this is the point on which our enemy used to motivate and raise the point of "nirjaton and bonchona" by army officers. If there were any such "bonchona and nirjaton" in this new millennium, could it be kept hidden from your eyes and from the eyes of international media and also from the people of Bangladesh? IMPOSSIBLE!
5. Now come to 25th February:
• RAB arrives at Pilkhana gate at about 10am and ready to move in. Home Ministry said a stubborn "No".
• Troops of Mirpur Cantt and Dhaka Cantt arrives at Pilkhana by 11:30am. they seek permission to go in. Again a big "No"
• Innocent Media people, bluffed by the BDR jawans, focus to the nation the good side or the "right cause" of rebellion BDR. they ask for BCS officers.... !!!
• Govt sends nanok and others and they enter courageously into BDR Pilkhana and safely come back and they are not held hostage.
• At 4:30pm, army tanks are ready to go in, briefing done, again a big "No". The army is told to go 3 km away from Pilkhana.
• Night comes. sahara and nanok enter BDR and all lights are off. sahara visits families of army officers without nanok as seen on TV channels through BTV footage. she does not, we repeat DOES NOT meet any army officer of BDR.
• media people telecast live sound of firing from inside Pilkhana when sahara is inside.
• sahara comes out and faces the media. some channel representative asks her "Apni jokhon vitorey chilen, amra goolir shobdo shunlam, apni shunen ni?" she say "No. I did not hear any firing". sahara did not mention anything about the 168 officers inside, nor the media asked her where were the officers.
• THIS WAS BECAUSE AT THAT TIME BDR WAS COMPLETING THE TOTAL KILLING OF ALIVE OFFICERS AND THIER FAMILIES UNDER THE EYES OF NANOK AND MASS GRAVES WERE BEING PREPARED. Please refer to the Ntv exclusive with major Mokarram on 28th evening. He said that he heard the voice of home minister entering into the kote when he was surrounded by BDR gunmen.
• IG police freely moved in because his daughter and son in law capt haider was inside. he ensured the rescue of his daughter, married 82 days earlier.
• only police is allowed to enter pilkhana and throughout the night they find only 7 dead bodies and suggest that search could not be done due to darkness.
• NON-MILITARY AMBULANCES ENTER AND LEAVE PILKHANA A NUMBER OF TIMES AND TAKES AWAY SO MANY DEAD BODIES...BUT THE TOTAL STILL REMAINS 7. only 5-7 other bodies appear from canal behind BDR naturally floating. IT WAS BECAUSE ABOUT 32 KILLERS WERE TAKEN AWAY BY THOSE AMBULANCES.
• Next morning there is no sign of bodies. Bodies and mass graves are discovered after army and fire brigade (fire brigade boss is a brigadier of army) enter into pilkhana late in the morning.
• Size and depth of mass graves indicate that killers used the whole night to dig those and also to FLY AWAY from PILKHANA. only about 200 fools of BDR were left at Pilkhana.
• Nanok in a media briefing in front of Pilkhana declares that "It was a big conspiracy" and lac lac crore taka were distributed in Pilkhana." DEAR MEDIA, HE WAS RIGHT. BECAUSE EACH DAD WORKING AT PILKHANA GOT TK 25 LAC between 22 and 24th February, distributed by nanok's men.
6. you see how brutally the representative of Bangladeshi people, elected just 50 days back-- sahara, nanok, mirza azam and jalil...all of them ensured that your officers and their familes, the officers of Bangladeshi people, are killed and molested. Only about 37 or 57 offiecers were killed in our War of Liberation 1971 by pakistanis in 9 months. and our own ministers and MPs ensured that more than 140 officers and families are killed in about 24 hours!!! What an achievement of our nation!!
7. BCS officers in BDR, and no officer from army, would ensure that another Rakhkhi Bahini could be in the making.
8. added fuel to the fire was the corruption of DG and other very few officials in 'operation daal vaat'. we regret that and we apologise to the nation.
9. It is now clear that nanak and DAD tauheed had been communicating each other for last 1 month plus.
They r classmates.
your home minister and nanak arranged the safe exit of all 13-14,000 BDR troops from Pilkhana throughout the night.
Bangladesh army was not allowed to fire on the plea that "peaceful negotiation' was going on. we are servant of govt. we can't but abide by orders.
If we were allowed to enter Pilkhana even at 4pm on 25th february, we could save many innocent lives. ask the people from the area/village of the dead officers. they all will say that those were our golden sons of the soil.....truly so. they prove it in UN missions. that is why Bangladesh is the largest troops contributing country to UN. it is not India, Pakistan, US, Canada...it is poor Bangladesh! how strange..... ...!!!!!
We are not asking you to believe this email. We are requesting you to use your judgement.
Please let the People of Bangladesh know what your judgement say. Do something for the nation...in exchange of 140+ lives of your families.... your officers...your sisters...martyred at Pilkhana by .......
If your judgement concludes that what were said in this mail in the name of Allah are true, please forward to all possible contacts. Let the world know what you understand to be the truth.. it is your responsibility as a human being. is not it?

 

[leonblack08]

This is from Major General (rtd) Mainul ,Bir Pratik.

"You don't need government authority to Crush a mutiny,as per Military manual of Bangladesh army"

If that was the case,then what was the problem?

 

[leonblack08]

sure why not, india can not be counted out from the list of suspects.

if bangladeshis find any indian involvement, they can make the evidence public like india did with mumbai and things will be clear.

but of course, the present govt is in India's hands, so they will never do it

hmmm... conspiracy theorists always think of EVERTHING, except evidence of course.

Yes,Just like your Government thinks about ISI when someone in India sneezes.

And what you were saying?The govt.won't Publish India's name?Huh.Does Hasina wants to get herself killed by the army?

Not worth answering to post like yours,yet I feel compelled to reply it.

 

[Bull]

Friends/Brothers,

I have just found the following E-mail of a BD soldier, who has urged
to spread its message. I think he has summerized the reason for massacre correctly. Here we go,

Where the hell was he all this time? Ws he waiting for the massacre to happen to come out with his story. And which soldier is going to sit and fwd mails to clarify BDA's stance.