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ISI behind BDR Mutiny!
The plot of senseless bloodletting in Dhaka is thickening. And as the two-month-old Government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina battles to bring stability
Pakistani Intelligence ISI behind Terrorism to the country following the barbaric killing of over 140 top Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) officers along with their family members in Dhaka on February 25, reports of a Pakistan-sponsored plot to assassinate her are gaining credence.
Increasingly intelligence is uncovering that the original plan was to assassinate Hasina and army chief Moeen U. Ahmed on February 24, but due to lack of coordination, the required ammunition couldn’t be smuggled into the Durbar area at the BDR headquarters where Hasina had gone a day before the mutiny. The plan was reportedly hatched at the behest of the ISI which is concerned with Hasina’s moderate outlook.
On February 25, a group of BDR junior commissioned officers, lined up the top brass of Bangladesh’s border guards and killed them. The brutality of the killing was shocking as the bodies of the officers and their families were dumped into manholes and mass graves. While some of the ringleaders of the coup and their accomplices have been arrested, over 1,000 BDR personnel have been charged by the Hasina Government.
A confidential report prepared by South Block suggests that Pakistani intelligence was behind the mutiny. The report claims “both Indian and some international intelligence agencies have received indisputable proof of the involvement of Salauddin Chowdhury—an influential BNP MP and a long standing Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent of influence in Bangladesh with a strong criminal mafia nexus—in the entire episode”.
Chowdhury, a prominent shipping magnate, was a close associate and parliamentary secretary to former premier Khaleda Zia. His name also figured in the Chittagong arms haul in 2004, in which a lethal cargo of arms was unloaded for terrorist activities in India. But Chowdhury has denied such charges.
However, exclusive details available with India Today suggest that intelligence agencies had intercepted a telephone call from Pakistan’s defence attaché in Dhaka, Sajaad Rasool, to a contact in the Pakistani consulate in Dubai. Another intercept revealed Rasool was in contact with Chowdhury.
According to sources, the Pakistani defence attaché monitored the situation from the Gulshan area of Dhaka and was in constant touch with his handlers in Pakistan.
In fact, on February 25 he knew the precise details about the plot unfolding inside the BDR headquarters in Pilkhana. At 12.30 pm, Rasool made a call to the ISI headquarters in Islamabad reporting that DG BDR Major-General Shakeel Ahmed had been killed.
‘The big question is, how the Pakistani defence attaché knew what was happening inside when even senior officers of the Bangladesh Army and the Government were in the dark. Other intercepts that confirm the involvement of the ISI, include a series of phone calls made by some key Jamaat-e- Islami (JeI) leaders to their ISI contacts in Dubai, London and Islamabad updating them on the operation. ‘
According to the report, the BDR was used by the plotters because resentment has been brewing in the lower ranks. Besides, the aim was to ensure a takeover by pro-Pakistan elements in the Bangladesh Army. So smooth was the planning that no intelligence agency got a whiff of the plot. Chowdhury allegedly used a former DG of BDR, Major-General Fazlur Rehman, as a frontman to instigate the troops.
Chowdhury is suspected to have paid Taka 40 crore (Rs 30 crore) to Fazlur Rahman, who in turn is said to have paid Taka 5 crore to four deputy assistant directors of BDR. While almost 400 sepoys were paid Taka 5 lakh, the key among them were paid Taka 50 lakh each, according to the report.
For India that has a vital stake in the stability of a moderate regime in Dhaka, the developments were worrying. In fact, on February 28, India had begun preparations to evacuate Hasina. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee was in touch with Hasina and assured her of Indian support. Sources say New Delhi alerted Dhaka.
But the big question is why the ISI plotted to destabilise the Government. The reason is, compared to the fundamentalist regime of Khaleda Zia, Hasina’s government is considered to be moderate and has cracked down on Islamists. Sources say Pakistani intelligence fanned the conspiracy as it feared that many of its key assets could be tried for war crimes committed in 1971.
The Hasina Government had moved a resolution in Parliament last month to punish criminals of the 1971 war, something her party had promised in its election manifesto. Sources say JEI leaders Amir Rahman Nizami and Ali Ahsan Mujahid, who are alleged war criminals, provided logistical support to the mutiny.
The ISI plotted to kill Hasina as Islamabad has been uneasy with the Hasina regime’s policies and it’s perceived proximity to India. In fact the crisis in Dhaka should be another reason why India and Bangladesh should work together closely, especially on security issues. Besides, India has to align with the international community to ensure the stability of Hasina’s regime which is pivotal for India’s security concerns.
Experts say that New Delhi and Dhaka should use this opportunity to sensitise the world that Pakistan is the fulcrum of terrorism, and till its agencies, like the ISI, are neutralised, the world, beginning with our neighbourhood, cannot be free of terrorism.
Bd Today:ISI behind BDR Mutiny!
Men And Causes Behind BDR Mutiny
Was BDR mutiny (Feb 25, 2009) engineered to weaken Bangladesh’s armed forces to turn the country into a vassal state of India? This is what the BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) want the people of the country to believe. This propaganda is being carried out by the BNP-JEI alliance at the instigation of Pak ISI which has not reconciled to its failed operation ‘Topple’.
As the intricacies of BDR mutiny are getting unfolded, the involvement of BNP, JEI and ISI is becoming increasingly clear. BNP-JEI-ISI combine’s conspiracy now faces the imminent prospect of being unmasked in the upcoming trial of the mutineers and therefore attempts are being made to subvert the process of trial least it reveals the trioka’s plan to dislodge the democratically elected Awami League Govt and plunge the country into a civil war.
BDR mutiny is the outcome of a meticulously planned conspiracy in which involvement of BNP, JEI and Pak ISI is clearly discernible. Anis-uz-Zaman Committee that probed the mutiny in its preliminary report released to the media recently stated that the mutiny was instigated by people “ who do not believe in the independence and sovereignty of Bangladesh” and they attempted to ‘reach their vile goal by putting the BDR and the Army on a collision course’. The report while recommending further investigations to unmask the masterminds behind the incident, pointed out the involvement of former BNP MP Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pintu, former BNP Ward Commissioner Suraiya Begum and her two sons as well as some JEI activists.
The report took note that processions were brought out near the BDR HQ at Pilkhana on the fateful day in support of the BDR mutineers. It is now known that it was the JEI cadres who organized the processions to drive a wedge between the army and the BDR and also to boost the morale of the mutineers and incite them. Slogans “BDR janata bhai-bhai; khuni Moeener bichar chai”( BDR soldiers and the country’s people are brothers; killer Moeen must be tried) were raised to embolden the rebels and instigate them for killing more Army officers. The probe report also made a passing mention of the “High Commission” of a South Asian country for its involvement in it and Tk 15 crore pumped in for preparation of the mutiny. The upcoming trial of the mutineers is expected to expose the ‘High Commission’ and its role in the mutiny.
Preliminary investigations of some of the rebels had earlier indicated involvement of Salauddin Qader Chowdhury, BNP MP who is very close to Pak ISI and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. BDR DG Brig Gen Mainul Islam has confirmed that video footage of the mutiny shows “outsiders wearing BDR uniform” taking part in killing, raping, looting and plundering at the BDR HQ. Salauddin Qader Chowdhury is known to patronize a large number of armed cadres and gangsters. Moreover, there is no dearth of such elements in JEI too. In fact, it was these elements who were taking part in killing, looting and raping wearing BDR uniform. Deputy Assistant Director of BDR Towhid Alam who was at the forefront of the BDR mutiny and is presently in police custody has also confessed that outsiders were involved.
Mere disgruntlement over disparity in pay and service conditions could by no stretch of imagination explain the barbaric and gruesome manner in which some senior army officers and their wives were massacred, their dead bodies mutilated and dumped in sewer lines in am act reminiscent of what the Pakistani army did in 1971 along with their local collaborators including JEI.
Media reports reveal the presence of arms, ammunition and vehicles at the mutiny site pointing out that these did not belong to either the BDR or the Army. Reports also reveal that calls were made through satellite phones from Dubai to persons in Dhaka soon after outbreak of the mutiny. It was reported that Tareq Rahman, Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP and Khaleda Zia’s son who is presently undergoing medical treatment in UK was in Dubai since morning to monitor developments at Pilkhana on the fateful day. Even leaflets were circulated in anticipation in parts of Dhaka and other places to float rumors of a coup. According to the probe committee report, the mutiny was intended to create chaos and anarchy in the country and topple the Awami League Govt with the help of a “foreign state”.
A Bangladeshi security officer who was examining intercepts of telephonic conversations of the mutineers told the press in February 2009 that after examining some intercepts it has become clear that the conspiracy was planned at least three months in advance. This implies that the conspiracy was afoot even before the last general elections in Dec 2008 which brought the Awami League to power with a massive mandate. BNP and JEI along with their mentor Pak ISI anticipated that it would not be possible for them to return to power through democratic means as the Army-backed Caretaker Govt had made elaborate arrangements to ensure free and fair elections. The administration had also made its intentions clear in unequivocal terms by creating a level playing field and emphasizing that any kind of electoral malpractices would not be countenanced leniently. Hence the need for a conspiracy to come to power arose.
It is now transparent that the mutiny had been planned by BNP and JEI in collusion with ISI to dislodge the Awani League Govt and bring the BNP-JEI alliance to power. It will not be out of place here to note that the Pakistan Govt sent a Special Envoy, Pervez Ishpahani to Dhaka just 2 days before outbreak of the mutiny to persuade Sk Hasina to abandon trial of 1971 war criminals.
Despite passage of more than 38 years Pakistan has not been able to reconcile and accept its defeat in 1971 war that led to emergence of Bangladesh. This was evident from the statement of the former Pakistan military ruler Gen Musharraf’s statement at the recently held India Today conclave in New Delhi. It was for the same reason that during his visit to Bangladesh in 2002 Gen Musharraf had declined to tender apology for the indiscriminate killings, torture, rape and other brutalities and crimes committed by the occupying Pak forces in 1971.
Sk Hasina with her overwhelming mandate in parliament is determined to go ahead with trial of the war criminals of 1971 and killers of her father Sk Mujib and Awami League top leaders in 1975. JEI apprehends that the noose would soon tighten around the neck of the entire top leadership of the party for its role during the liberation war in 1971. Some senior BNP leaders like Salauddin Qader Chowdhury would also come under the dragnet for the same. Pakistan would also be affected as the preliminary list of war criminals compiled by the freedom fighters include names of some senior Pakistan army officers and the cases are likely to come up in International Criminal Court. Pakistan will have to face harassment and ignominy in such an event.
On the other hand, trial of “killer Majors” (a term used for Sk Mujib killers) could lead to unmasking of many in Pakistan as well as Bangladesh. The role of Khaleda Zia’s husband Gen Ziaur Rahman in Mujib murder will come under the scanner as his involvement in the act cannot be ruled out. Gen Zia was an immediate beneficiary of the killing as he was elevated to the rank of Army chief soon after the murder. He was also instrumental in offering immunity to the Mujib killers through constitutional amendment and offering diplomatic assignments to them abroad.
Recently the associates and relatives of the Mujib killers were involved in a plot to assassinate Awami League MP and Sk Hasina’s cousin Fazle Noor Taposh. They hurled a bomb at his car on Oct 22 last at Motijheel, Dhaka. The attack left at least 13 people grievously injured; but Taposh somehow survived. Taposh had earlier escaped the ordeal of Aug 15, 1975 when Sk Mujib and his family members were brutally assassinated. Those arrested for involvement in the attack on Taposh included Minhaz, daughter of self confessed Mujib killer Lt Col (retd) Abdur Rashid, presently residing in Libya. During preliminary interrogation, Minhaz disclosed that Gen Zia used to pay $100 to Lt Col Rashid’s family per day for their stay in Libya in 1975 soon after the heinous killing of Mujib and he continued to do so till such time Rashid could settle in business there. Gen Zia doled out all possible lucrative offers to the Mujib killers to make sure that they remain abroad and his own involvement in the killing remains shrouded for ever. As Rashid did not accept the offer of diplomatic assignment Gen Zia had arranged for his stay in Libya
Failure of intelligence agencies to report anything about the BDR mutiny which was being planned for more than 3 months suggest that there are still influential sections in the intelligence community and bureaucracy who are acting against the Awami League Govt. This was borne out by a media report in Oct 2009 that JEI cadres are being recruited in large scale in Ansar and VDP, a para military force even after the BDR mutiny. Sk Hasina has of late been taking steps to revamp the bureaucracy to purge out all pro-BNP/JEI elements hiding in the administration. Recently seven Army officers were dismissed from service on Jun 7 as part of the ongoing purging exercise to depoliticize the Army. These Army officers include Brig Gen Azmi, son of former JEI chief Golam Azam. All these were engaged in fomenting trouble in the Army to destabilize the Awami League Govt.
Islamic fundamentalist elements and pro-Pak radical groups have always been wary of Sk Hasina. Even though Pak ISI has shown its willingness to do business with Sk Hasina to protect its elaborate support structures in Bangladesh, Awami League and Sk Hasina are viewed as enemies of Two-nation theory propounded by Pakistan. Hasina too distrusts the pro-Pak radical Islamists. Had the BDR mutiny been successful it would have brought the BNP-JEI-Islamist coalition back to power in the country. The mutiny was a meticulously planned conspiracy in which disgruntled BDR men were used as a foil for a much larger game plan.
Ever since its formation in 1949, the Awami League has remained the most credible vanguard of secular-linguistic politics in Bangladesh. The party despite all its inadequacies and shortcomings has contributed to making Bangladesh a relatively liberal Muslim majority State with reasonably acceptable democratic credentials. The party still commands the widest popular support base in the country, even though in the major power structures of the State like the armed forces, media and business, its penetration has remained limited. Legacy of Bangabandhu Sk Mujibur Rahman confers a unique symbolic identity to the party, which is credited with the very creation of Bangladesh and laying of foundation for the Bengali nationalism – as something different from Islamic nationalism.
However, for the most part of independent history of Bangladesh the party has faced violent challenges from the so-called Islamic nationalist forces who do not believe in the concept of democracy and who wish to capture state power in the name of religion. These groups have always found religion as a convenient tool and hence they advocate a strong Islamic nationalist identity for the country and paint India in a negative light to generate a sense of psychological insecurity among the masses. BNP led regime was still not willing to face a fair election. It had subverted the entire electoral democratic machinery and positioned its loyalists in all key positions of the Caretaker Government – a novelty of Bangladesh that had to be introduced by amending the Constitution in the wake of persistence of BNP regime to rig the polls.
However, within the army only unscrupulous elements have showed eagerness to join the mullahs and mercenaries to subvert democracy and grab state power. There are still important sections within the army who do not wish to get involved in politics. Refusal of the army to fire upon unarmed protesters during the fall of Ershad’s autocratic regime in1990 and the way senior army officers remained supportive of the Sk Hasina led Govt during the BDR mutiny despite provocations are a pointer to both a fair degree of professionalism within the military and even resilience of democratic traditions in the country.
Men And Causes Behind BDR Mutiny : ysiddaqui.com
The plot of senseless bloodletting in Dhaka is thickening. And as the two-month-old Government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina battles to bring stability
Pakistani Intelligence ISI behind Terrorism to the country following the barbaric killing of over 140 top Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) officers along with their family members in Dhaka on February 25, reports of a Pakistan-sponsored plot to assassinate her are gaining credence.
Increasingly intelligence is uncovering that the original plan was to assassinate Hasina and army chief Moeen U. Ahmed on February 24, but due to lack of coordination, the required ammunition couldn’t be smuggled into the Durbar area at the BDR headquarters where Hasina had gone a day before the mutiny. The plan was reportedly hatched at the behest of the ISI which is concerned with Hasina’s moderate outlook.
On February 25, a group of BDR junior commissioned officers, lined up the top brass of Bangladesh’s border guards and killed them. The brutality of the killing was shocking as the bodies of the officers and their families were dumped into manholes and mass graves. While some of the ringleaders of the coup and their accomplices have been arrested, over 1,000 BDR personnel have been charged by the Hasina Government.
A confidential report prepared by South Block suggests that Pakistani intelligence was behind the mutiny. The report claims “both Indian and some international intelligence agencies have received indisputable proof of the involvement of Salauddin Chowdhury—an influential BNP MP and a long standing Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent of influence in Bangladesh with a strong criminal mafia nexus—in the entire episode”.
Chowdhury, a prominent shipping magnate, was a close associate and parliamentary secretary to former premier Khaleda Zia. His name also figured in the Chittagong arms haul in 2004, in which a lethal cargo of arms was unloaded for terrorist activities in India. But Chowdhury has denied such charges.
However, exclusive details available with India Today suggest that intelligence agencies had intercepted a telephone call from Pakistan’s defence attaché in Dhaka, Sajaad Rasool, to a contact in the Pakistani consulate in Dubai. Another intercept revealed Rasool was in contact with Chowdhury.
According to sources, the Pakistani defence attaché monitored the situation from the Gulshan area of Dhaka and was in constant touch with his handlers in Pakistan.
In fact, on February 25 he knew the precise details about the plot unfolding inside the BDR headquarters in Pilkhana. At 12.30 pm, Rasool made a call to the ISI headquarters in Islamabad reporting that DG BDR Major-General Shakeel Ahmed had been killed.
‘The big question is, how the Pakistani defence attaché knew what was happening inside when even senior officers of the Bangladesh Army and the Government were in the dark. Other intercepts that confirm the involvement of the ISI, include a series of phone calls made by some key Jamaat-e- Islami (JeI) leaders to their ISI contacts in Dubai, London and Islamabad updating them on the operation. ‘
According to the report, the BDR was used by the plotters because resentment has been brewing in the lower ranks. Besides, the aim was to ensure a takeover by pro-Pakistan elements in the Bangladesh Army. So smooth was the planning that no intelligence agency got a whiff of the plot. Chowdhury allegedly used a former DG of BDR, Major-General Fazlur Rehman, as a frontman to instigate the troops.
Chowdhury is suspected to have paid Taka 40 crore (Rs 30 crore) to Fazlur Rahman, who in turn is said to have paid Taka 5 crore to four deputy assistant directors of BDR. While almost 400 sepoys were paid Taka 5 lakh, the key among them were paid Taka 50 lakh each, according to the report.
For India that has a vital stake in the stability of a moderate regime in Dhaka, the developments were worrying. In fact, on February 28, India had begun preparations to evacuate Hasina. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee was in touch with Hasina and assured her of Indian support. Sources say New Delhi alerted Dhaka.
But the big question is why the ISI plotted to destabilise the Government. The reason is, compared to the fundamentalist regime of Khaleda Zia, Hasina’s government is considered to be moderate and has cracked down on Islamists. Sources say Pakistani intelligence fanned the conspiracy as it feared that many of its key assets could be tried for war crimes committed in 1971.
The Hasina Government had moved a resolution in Parliament last month to punish criminals of the 1971 war, something her party had promised in its election manifesto. Sources say JEI leaders Amir Rahman Nizami and Ali Ahsan Mujahid, who are alleged war criminals, provided logistical support to the mutiny.
The ISI plotted to kill Hasina as Islamabad has been uneasy with the Hasina regime’s policies and it’s perceived proximity to India. In fact the crisis in Dhaka should be another reason why India and Bangladesh should work together closely, especially on security issues. Besides, India has to align with the international community to ensure the stability of Hasina’s regime which is pivotal for India’s security concerns.
Experts say that New Delhi and Dhaka should use this opportunity to sensitise the world that Pakistan is the fulcrum of terrorism, and till its agencies, like the ISI, are neutralised, the world, beginning with our neighbourhood, cannot be free of terrorism.
Bd Today:ISI behind BDR Mutiny!
Men And Causes Behind BDR Mutiny
Was BDR mutiny (Feb 25, 2009) engineered to weaken Bangladesh’s armed forces to turn the country into a vassal state of India? This is what the BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) want the people of the country to believe. This propaganda is being carried out by the BNP-JEI alliance at the instigation of Pak ISI which has not reconciled to its failed operation ‘Topple’.
As the intricacies of BDR mutiny are getting unfolded, the involvement of BNP, JEI and ISI is becoming increasingly clear. BNP-JEI-ISI combine’s conspiracy now faces the imminent prospect of being unmasked in the upcoming trial of the mutineers and therefore attempts are being made to subvert the process of trial least it reveals the trioka’s plan to dislodge the democratically elected Awami League Govt and plunge the country into a civil war.
BDR mutiny is the outcome of a meticulously planned conspiracy in which involvement of BNP, JEI and Pak ISI is clearly discernible. Anis-uz-Zaman Committee that probed the mutiny in its preliminary report released to the media recently stated that the mutiny was instigated by people “ who do not believe in the independence and sovereignty of Bangladesh” and they attempted to ‘reach their vile goal by putting the BDR and the Army on a collision course’. The report while recommending further investigations to unmask the masterminds behind the incident, pointed out the involvement of former BNP MP Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pintu, former BNP Ward Commissioner Suraiya Begum and her two sons as well as some JEI activists.
The report took note that processions were brought out near the BDR HQ at Pilkhana on the fateful day in support of the BDR mutineers. It is now known that it was the JEI cadres who organized the processions to drive a wedge between the army and the BDR and also to boost the morale of the mutineers and incite them. Slogans “BDR janata bhai-bhai; khuni Moeener bichar chai”( BDR soldiers and the country’s people are brothers; killer Moeen must be tried) were raised to embolden the rebels and instigate them for killing more Army officers. The probe report also made a passing mention of the “High Commission” of a South Asian country for its involvement in it and Tk 15 crore pumped in for preparation of the mutiny. The upcoming trial of the mutineers is expected to expose the ‘High Commission’ and its role in the mutiny.
Preliminary investigations of some of the rebels had earlier indicated involvement of Salauddin Qader Chowdhury, BNP MP who is very close to Pak ISI and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. BDR DG Brig Gen Mainul Islam has confirmed that video footage of the mutiny shows “outsiders wearing BDR uniform” taking part in killing, raping, looting and plundering at the BDR HQ. Salauddin Qader Chowdhury is known to patronize a large number of armed cadres and gangsters. Moreover, there is no dearth of such elements in JEI too. In fact, it was these elements who were taking part in killing, looting and raping wearing BDR uniform. Deputy Assistant Director of BDR Towhid Alam who was at the forefront of the BDR mutiny and is presently in police custody has also confessed that outsiders were involved.
Mere disgruntlement over disparity in pay and service conditions could by no stretch of imagination explain the barbaric and gruesome manner in which some senior army officers and their wives were massacred, their dead bodies mutilated and dumped in sewer lines in am act reminiscent of what the Pakistani army did in 1971 along with their local collaborators including JEI.
Media reports reveal the presence of arms, ammunition and vehicles at the mutiny site pointing out that these did not belong to either the BDR or the Army. Reports also reveal that calls were made through satellite phones from Dubai to persons in Dhaka soon after outbreak of the mutiny. It was reported that Tareq Rahman, Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP and Khaleda Zia’s son who is presently undergoing medical treatment in UK was in Dubai since morning to monitor developments at Pilkhana on the fateful day. Even leaflets were circulated in anticipation in parts of Dhaka and other places to float rumors of a coup. According to the probe committee report, the mutiny was intended to create chaos and anarchy in the country and topple the Awami League Govt with the help of a “foreign state”.
A Bangladeshi security officer who was examining intercepts of telephonic conversations of the mutineers told the press in February 2009 that after examining some intercepts it has become clear that the conspiracy was planned at least three months in advance. This implies that the conspiracy was afoot even before the last general elections in Dec 2008 which brought the Awami League to power with a massive mandate. BNP and JEI along with their mentor Pak ISI anticipated that it would not be possible for them to return to power through democratic means as the Army-backed Caretaker Govt had made elaborate arrangements to ensure free and fair elections. The administration had also made its intentions clear in unequivocal terms by creating a level playing field and emphasizing that any kind of electoral malpractices would not be countenanced leniently. Hence the need for a conspiracy to come to power arose.
It is now transparent that the mutiny had been planned by BNP and JEI in collusion with ISI to dislodge the Awani League Govt and bring the BNP-JEI alliance to power. It will not be out of place here to note that the Pakistan Govt sent a Special Envoy, Pervez Ishpahani to Dhaka just 2 days before outbreak of the mutiny to persuade Sk Hasina to abandon trial of 1971 war criminals.
Despite passage of more than 38 years Pakistan has not been able to reconcile and accept its defeat in 1971 war that led to emergence of Bangladesh. This was evident from the statement of the former Pakistan military ruler Gen Musharraf’s statement at the recently held India Today conclave in New Delhi. It was for the same reason that during his visit to Bangladesh in 2002 Gen Musharraf had declined to tender apology for the indiscriminate killings, torture, rape and other brutalities and crimes committed by the occupying Pak forces in 1971.
Sk Hasina with her overwhelming mandate in parliament is determined to go ahead with trial of the war criminals of 1971 and killers of her father Sk Mujib and Awami League top leaders in 1975. JEI apprehends that the noose would soon tighten around the neck of the entire top leadership of the party for its role during the liberation war in 1971. Some senior BNP leaders like Salauddin Qader Chowdhury would also come under the dragnet for the same. Pakistan would also be affected as the preliminary list of war criminals compiled by the freedom fighters include names of some senior Pakistan army officers and the cases are likely to come up in International Criminal Court. Pakistan will have to face harassment and ignominy in such an event.
On the other hand, trial of “killer Majors” (a term used for Sk Mujib killers) could lead to unmasking of many in Pakistan as well as Bangladesh. The role of Khaleda Zia’s husband Gen Ziaur Rahman in Mujib murder will come under the scanner as his involvement in the act cannot be ruled out. Gen Zia was an immediate beneficiary of the killing as he was elevated to the rank of Army chief soon after the murder. He was also instrumental in offering immunity to the Mujib killers through constitutional amendment and offering diplomatic assignments to them abroad.
Recently the associates and relatives of the Mujib killers were involved in a plot to assassinate Awami League MP and Sk Hasina’s cousin Fazle Noor Taposh. They hurled a bomb at his car on Oct 22 last at Motijheel, Dhaka. The attack left at least 13 people grievously injured; but Taposh somehow survived. Taposh had earlier escaped the ordeal of Aug 15, 1975 when Sk Mujib and his family members were brutally assassinated. Those arrested for involvement in the attack on Taposh included Minhaz, daughter of self confessed Mujib killer Lt Col (retd) Abdur Rashid, presently residing in Libya. During preliminary interrogation, Minhaz disclosed that Gen Zia used to pay $100 to Lt Col Rashid’s family per day for their stay in Libya in 1975 soon after the heinous killing of Mujib and he continued to do so till such time Rashid could settle in business there. Gen Zia doled out all possible lucrative offers to the Mujib killers to make sure that they remain abroad and his own involvement in the killing remains shrouded for ever. As Rashid did not accept the offer of diplomatic assignment Gen Zia had arranged for his stay in Libya
Failure of intelligence agencies to report anything about the BDR mutiny which was being planned for more than 3 months suggest that there are still influential sections in the intelligence community and bureaucracy who are acting against the Awami League Govt. This was borne out by a media report in Oct 2009 that JEI cadres are being recruited in large scale in Ansar and VDP, a para military force even after the BDR mutiny. Sk Hasina has of late been taking steps to revamp the bureaucracy to purge out all pro-BNP/JEI elements hiding in the administration. Recently seven Army officers were dismissed from service on Jun 7 as part of the ongoing purging exercise to depoliticize the Army. These Army officers include Brig Gen Azmi, son of former JEI chief Golam Azam. All these were engaged in fomenting trouble in the Army to destabilize the Awami League Govt.
Islamic fundamentalist elements and pro-Pak radical groups have always been wary of Sk Hasina. Even though Pak ISI has shown its willingness to do business with Sk Hasina to protect its elaborate support structures in Bangladesh, Awami League and Sk Hasina are viewed as enemies of Two-nation theory propounded by Pakistan. Hasina too distrusts the pro-Pak radical Islamists. Had the BDR mutiny been successful it would have brought the BNP-JEI-Islamist coalition back to power in the country. The mutiny was a meticulously planned conspiracy in which disgruntled BDR men were used as a foil for a much larger game plan.
Ever since its formation in 1949, the Awami League has remained the most credible vanguard of secular-linguistic politics in Bangladesh. The party despite all its inadequacies and shortcomings has contributed to making Bangladesh a relatively liberal Muslim majority State with reasonably acceptable democratic credentials. The party still commands the widest popular support base in the country, even though in the major power structures of the State like the armed forces, media and business, its penetration has remained limited. Legacy of Bangabandhu Sk Mujibur Rahman confers a unique symbolic identity to the party, which is credited with the very creation of Bangladesh and laying of foundation for the Bengali nationalism – as something different from Islamic nationalism.
However, for the most part of independent history of Bangladesh the party has faced violent challenges from the so-called Islamic nationalist forces who do not believe in the concept of democracy and who wish to capture state power in the name of religion. These groups have always found religion as a convenient tool and hence they advocate a strong Islamic nationalist identity for the country and paint India in a negative light to generate a sense of psychological insecurity among the masses. BNP led regime was still not willing to face a fair election. It had subverted the entire electoral democratic machinery and positioned its loyalists in all key positions of the Caretaker Government – a novelty of Bangladesh that had to be introduced by amending the Constitution in the wake of persistence of BNP regime to rig the polls.
However, within the army only unscrupulous elements have showed eagerness to join the mullahs and mercenaries to subvert democracy and grab state power. There are still important sections within the army who do not wish to get involved in politics. Refusal of the army to fire upon unarmed protesters during the fall of Ershad’s autocratic regime in1990 and the way senior army officers remained supportive of the Sk Hasina led Govt during the BDR mutiny despite provocations are a pointer to both a fair degree of professionalism within the military and even resilience of democratic traditions in the country.
Men And Causes Behind BDR Mutiny : ysiddaqui.com
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BNP calls ‘BDR carnage’ a local-foreign conspiracy
February 28, 2016 12:11 am·
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior leaders on Saturday said the brutal killings at the headquarters of erstwhile BDR, which led to the death of 57 army officers, was a conspiracy hatched by local and foreign elements to destroy the morale of the armed forces of Bangladesh.
They said the anniversary of the carnage on February 25-26 was not observed with due importance and solemnity, and instead various events are purposely organised on the day to make people forget the incident.
The BNP leaders were speaking at a discussion on the Pilkhana Carnage 2009 at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity, organised by the party, in memory of the slain army officers.
Presiding over the discussion, BNP vice-chairman Hafiz Uddin Ahmed said the killings at Pilkhana were staged in a planned manner.
He said local and foreign individuals were involved in a conspiracy to break the morale of the country’s armed forces.
He said the conspirators were aware that after such an incident, the weak-hearted would quit the army, while the others would always remain in fear and would not be able to carry out their duties properly.
Hafiz, a retired army major, said an army is good as defeated when its morale has broken down.
He said everyone in the military force knows how to handle a rebellion and there was no need to seek permission to contain a rebellion.
Instead the ‘cowardly’ army chief, Moeen U Ahmed, went to the higher-ups, for reasons that only he knows best, said Hafiz.
Hafiz said a scolding and ultimatum to the rebels would have sufficed to contain the revolt.
Instead, the rebels were grandly entertained at Jamuna Bhaban (the Prime Minister’s then residence) and a Subedar was made the director general, he said.
He said such incidents cannot be handled by an unskilled and unpatriotic government and will recur in future if there is no elected and representative government in the country.
He said many rebellions had taken place in the army between 1975 and 1977 and General Ziaur Rahman had handled them by himself.
Hafiz lamented that people were forgetting the Pilkhana tragedy in the hysteria over the India-Pakistan match, which was purposely staged to make people forget the incident.
Another BNP vice-chairman, Shah Moazzem Hossain, said prime minister Sheikh Hasina could not deny her liability in the BDR headquarters killings.
He said people of the incumbent government, its spies and masters, staged the incident and killed meritorious ‘sons of the soil’.
He questioned the identity of the people who allegedly held a meeting at the residence of Fazle Noor Tapos, a ruling Awami lawmaker.
Lt Col (retd) Kamaruzzaman, who survived the Pilkhana carnage of February 25-26 in 2009, lamented that his slain colleagues were not mourned properly and people were instead caught up with the Asia Cup cricket tournament.
Recalling the incident of the carnage, he raised questions on why the date of BDR function had been repeatedly changed and why the BDR parade was broadcast live on television for the first time.
He also wanted to know the whereabouts of ‘20 BDR soldiers’ who are allegedly still unaccounted for.
BNP leaders Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, Shirin Sultana, Mizanur Rahman and Sadeq Ahmed Khan, among others, spoke at the discussion conducted by assistant office secretary of the party, Asadul Karim Shahin.
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February 28, 2016 12:11 am·
Staff Correspondent
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior leaders on Saturday said the brutal killings at the headquarters of erstwhile BDR, which led to the death of 57 army officers, was a conspiracy hatched by local and foreign elements to destroy the morale of the armed forces of Bangladesh.
They said the anniversary of the carnage on February 25-26 was not observed with due importance and solemnity, and instead various events are purposely organised on the day to make people forget the incident.
The BNP leaders were speaking at a discussion on the Pilkhana Carnage 2009 at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity, organised by the party, in memory of the slain army officers.
Presiding over the discussion, BNP vice-chairman Hafiz Uddin Ahmed said the killings at Pilkhana were staged in a planned manner.
He said local and foreign individuals were involved in a conspiracy to break the morale of the country’s armed forces.
He said the conspirators were aware that after such an incident, the weak-hearted would quit the army, while the others would always remain in fear and would not be able to carry out their duties properly.
Hafiz, a retired army major, said an army is good as defeated when its morale has broken down.
He said everyone in the military force knows how to handle a rebellion and there was no need to seek permission to contain a rebellion.
Instead the ‘cowardly’ army chief, Moeen U Ahmed, went to the higher-ups, for reasons that only he knows best, said Hafiz.
Hafiz said a scolding and ultimatum to the rebels would have sufficed to contain the revolt.
Instead, the rebels were grandly entertained at Jamuna Bhaban (the Prime Minister’s then residence) and a Subedar was made the director general, he said.
He said such incidents cannot be handled by an unskilled and unpatriotic government and will recur in future if there is no elected and representative government in the country.
He said many rebellions had taken place in the army between 1975 and 1977 and General Ziaur Rahman had handled them by himself.
Hafiz lamented that people were forgetting the Pilkhana tragedy in the hysteria over the India-Pakistan match, which was purposely staged to make people forget the incident.
Another BNP vice-chairman, Shah Moazzem Hossain, said prime minister Sheikh Hasina could not deny her liability in the BDR headquarters killings.
He said people of the incumbent government, its spies and masters, staged the incident and killed meritorious ‘sons of the soil’.
He questioned the identity of the people who allegedly held a meeting at the residence of Fazle Noor Tapos, a ruling Awami lawmaker.
Lt Col (retd) Kamaruzzaman, who survived the Pilkhana carnage of February 25-26 in 2009, lamented that his slain colleagues were not mourned properly and people were instead caught up with the Asia Cup cricket tournament.
Recalling the incident of the carnage, he raised questions on why the date of BDR function had been repeatedly changed and why the BDR parade was broadcast live on television for the first time.
He also wanted to know the whereabouts of ‘20 BDR soldiers’ who are allegedly still unaccounted for.
BNP leaders Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, Shirin Sultana, Mizanur Rahman and Sadeq Ahmed Khan, among others, spoke at the discussion conducted by assistant office secretary of the party, Asadul Karim Shahin.
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