Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the 2009 BDR carnage will be reinvestigated soon and it is a must.
“An investigation team will be formed very soon,” the adviser said responding to a question from reporters after a visit to the Border Guard Bangladesh headquarters in Pilkhana on Monday morning.
Replying to another question he said law and order in the country has improved slightly but it is not satisfactory yet and more improvement is needed.
“You know the government has changed almost all police personnel in Dhaka. The new police personnel will take time to learn the alleys and lanes and make a network,” he added.
The adviser said no criminals will be spared, no matter how powerful they are, though many influential criminals were spared before.
Regarding the BGB, he suggested the frontier battalion maintain a cordial relationship with people who can help them in several ways.
About the influx of drugs, he strictly instructed the BGB to strengthen vigilance to check the smuggling of phensedyl and other drugs through borders.
Acknowledging the intrusion of some Rohingyas recently, the advisers said they will be sent back as the number of Rohingyas has already reached around 1.3 million.
Earlier, he held a meeting with senior officials and others at the BGB headquarters.
BGB chief Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui was also present.
On 25-26 February 2009, a mutiny in the then Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) left 74 people, including 57 army officers, dead at the Pilkhana headquarters.
On 5 November 2013, a Dhaka court handed down death sentences to 150 BDR members and two civilians and life imprisonment to 160 others in the case.
On 27 November 2017, the High Court confirmed the death penalty for 139 out of 152 accused.
Following the heinous killings of the army officers at Pilkhana, the government renamed the mutiny-hit paramilitary force BDR as the Border Guard Bangladesh, changing its logo as well as uniform.
