BREAKING: BDR Mutiny
11:59 Click here for 2nd day’s update is here:
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4:27: Now the tricky part. What to do with them? There are 3300 of them. The following image from a TV grab of Munni Saha interview is the highlight of the media coverage.
4:10: around 50 dead inside the BDR HQ. Taposh taking two buses inside to get the families out. Army is kept out carefully. Politicians and police chief involved only.
3:10: The officers’ families are getting out through Police ambulance. Shahara Khatun went in with a lot of confidence saying that he is going to get them to surrender. Looks like she has done it.
3:07: Prothom Alo now confirms that BDR DG is dead. 15 killed.
3:05: The jawans have started surrendering arms to Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun – Channel I
2:55: Bangladesh TV cameraman has been called inside the BDR compound. All lights have been turned off inside the cantonment. Munni Saha thinks the process of surrender has started.
2:10: There are clearly two school of thoughts among blog visitors. Sensible view from sensible.
2:06: Taposh says it clearly that there are many factions inside with everyone having their own opinion. All firings have now stopped.
2:05: Fazle Nur Taposh, Sahara Khatun, chief of Police they are all inside BDR compound. Methinks Taposh should be face of the government talking to media in this matter. He was calm, assuring and to the point. Well done.
1:21: Rumi bhai chimes to bring in sense to us all and asks the government to crush the mutiny first.
1:11: A rather personal and beautiful piece by a fellow DP-ite who is in Dhaka on a project
1:10: Lively debate on the comment section on whether there should be a pardon or not. People need to understand that the first focus should be to diffuse the tension without further bloodshed now. Court martial et al, will happen later, I have no doubt.
1:00: Some pictures are very graphic. Viewers discretion advised. Pictures from today up at FocusBangla
12:49 International media reports on BDR Mutiny includes news of India raising border security to high alert
12:42 In one corner of RTV (afternoon) footage in front of PM bash bhavan, you can see Asaduzzaman Noor
12:36 Advocate Taposh is talking to press. He is wearing bulletproof vest.
12:32 Channel 1 reporting one negotiation talk was held at a “hotel near BDR gate”. Are they referring to Ambala Inn?
12:29 Channel i is reporting that BDR has agreed to surrender. Sahara Khatun has been seen at BDR gate, BDR will surrender weapons to her.
12:23 The last negotiation team has come out. Channel-i reporting that Barrister Taposh has said that the meeting with BDR was productive and that BDR has agreed to allow entrance into Pilkhana to assess weapons and do a proper casualty count.
12:18: Saif Ahmed thinks some of these corruption allegations are not factual. Here
12:09 Nurul Kabir on channel 1: “why does a BDR camp and Cantonment need to be inside our capital city? We have to ask why are common people in the area supportive of this mutiny? We have to understand the symbolic value of this. No matter how much money it takes, as a civilized nation we have to raise the money to move the cantonment and bdr camp out of the capital city. This is necessary for their own security, to regain their self-respect, and for an end to this continuing tension with us as fellow citizens.”
12:05: Thanks for the comments, guys. Keep them coming and we will highlight the good ones. Sensible points made by ElecrikBlues from the ground. Really worth a read.
11:53 Nurul Kabir on Channel 1 talks. Says he personally knows one of the army officers, Colonel Mujib, who has been confirmed as killed inside the camp. Calls whole mutiny a “massive intelligence failure” of DGFI, NSI and BDR Intelligence. Says Army intelligence “spends too much time doing surveillance on civillians, like you and me, and fails to do its work within it’s own jurisdiction, which is supposed to be intelligence on it’s own forces, not civillians”
11:39 Shahidul Alam has uploaded his photos
11:29 Government team is still negotiating inside BDR camp
11:18 Munni Saha reported on ATN that army presence in Dhanmondi is massive.
11:14 DIGANTA first channel to show talk show discussion on BDR mutiny. Talking about “monostattik durotto” between BDR and Army. One guest is Brigadier General (didn’t catch name), don’t know other. Call-in number
11:05 Channel 1 ticker: All DU exams cancelled
Army in Dhanmondi, 10:55 pm
10:48 NTV now showing file footage of Operation Dal Bhat. And now showing footage of BDR personnel saying from inside gate to press (afternoon) that
“koti koti taka marse”/”dam kibhabe baraise apnara shunben, erai to dam baraise”/”ekek pajero r dam 50 lakh er urdhe. Shob BDR er rokto ar gham er taka”/”kothae kothae marte ashe, 4rtho sreni “/”Ey nirbachon er bill o amra pai nai, shob maira khaya falaise”
10:41 NTV showing orange masked BDR man (from afternoon). NTV showing photos of dead bodies inside camp
10:38 Bangla Vision news reader says “ekhono onishchoyota biraj korche”. That’s the understatement of this new year
10:36 Bangla Vision is reporting that delegation from gov’t is inside having meetings. Advocate Taposh reported to be one of the people in delegation. BanglaVision footage shows civillians clapping outside BDR gate.
10:34 Bangla Vision is showing new footage from BDR gate. Angry BDR jawan (older) with huge beard (dyed orange, he is old) angrily shouting at camera “amra ar shojjo korbo na”
10:30 Diganta ticker says Shamsunnahar & Rokeya Hall evacuated. Red Crescent says “bipul shonkhyok” wounded soldiers inside BDR camp.
10:26 RAB has cleared civillians from BDR gate 3, which is opposite the goli where AL party office HQ is. Reports say RAB looks on high alert.
10:19 Diganta TV is reading out the BDR demands again. Also reporting that heavy cannons were deployed in evening at Dhanmondi intersections.
10:15 Miking can be heard from inside BDR gate “Please come to Gate #4, we have less reinforcements at Gate #4.”
10:11 Miking right now by BDR inside BDR camp. “Please BDR bhai der drishti akorshon korchi. Don’t fire. Home Mnister is coming. Don’t fire.”
10:07 Firing started up again. Some of it sounds like it is coming from Mirpur Road or Sat Masjid Road, which does not make sense? Also heavy jeeps heard going past Dhanmondi Lake.
10:06 Update from friends who are on the street near BDR Gate. Heavy army presence from afternoon less visible. But army presence in the side streets. Less media, but few TV reporters are still around, not on street.
9:56: We earnestly hope that the path to the resolution of this matter is not through violent means. There needs to be a negotiated solution. We heard from a photographer that word has been sent to him from inside BDR that they are very worried about an impending operation on them tonight. I hope that is not the case and urge everyone responsible to show restraint and resolve this through negotiation.
9:25: Mishu doing a fantastic job on channel I — asking who will take responsibility and doing very relevant follow up questions. The upper management was told but still that they didn’t take it. Major Ibrahim points to serious intelligence failure and wonders aloud what if this happened when the PM was there yesterday.
9:18: Channel I showing injured civilians. Most of the wounded have gun shot wound and they are simply passer bys. Wrong place at the wrong time. Who will give their normal lives back?
9:14: BBC reports that everything is calm outside Dhaka as well. No spreading which is great news.
9:01 PM: BBC Banglay ek anonymous BDR jawan kotha bollo. Oi shei operation Daal Bhaater kotha abar. Tobey shesher dikey kannay bhengey porlo.
Here is the BBC Bangla update:
Lots of audio of gun fire, interviews etc. Worth listening.
8:58: We should make it clear that no one can support the mutiny and the killings. However, it is important to identify the context and the deep rooted reason for such outbursts. As one of the commenters said, the people involved in the mutiny knows the end result of a mutiny. But still they decided to it. Its important to identify the reasons of this and this, in no way, means any of us are endorsing the violent path these BDR jawans have taken up.
8:14: Taskforce commander of operation Dal-bhat – one col Mujib and one of the deadbodies recovered was of a col Mujib. Same person?
8:07: via Sachal. One news of operation dal bhat was highlighted last September in a blog and in Sangbad. Both links are here: http://horoppa.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-post_21.html
8:06: BDR chain of command
Lance Nayek
Nayek
Habildar
Nayek Subedar
Subedar
8:04: Any one has any detail on the BDR high official corruption that the jawans are complaining about? Any links of previously posted news.
7:45: Updates are coming slowly. Please update on comment section on what you are seeing on live tv. Also not sure how old this news is but DS is saying BDR jawans have taken over a camp in Khulna. Details
7:19: The news from channel i is less than optimistic. Despite a joint statement by Khatun, Nanok and BDR rebels, there is still gunfire. BDR rebels have refused to disarm tonight and army is still in position. Not looking good yet.
7:11: Fug gives some background.
The BDR are the people who guard the borders of country, 20 000 of them are based in the HQ in question, which is straddled by residential, commercial and educational activity in the heart of the Capital. There also some political geography to this eruption. Its near to where the Prime minister and a lot of the national-level politicians live. Posh people frequently have their weddings in the BDR Durbar Hall, and the adjacent ‘Rifles Square’ is military-petty commercsial complex of Bangladesh. The Prime Minister was there a day before awarding medals, when apparently all they want are better working conditions. They have been institutionally screwed around for quite a while. Then theres the international sphere, an Indian news agency alleges that the boss of the BDR has been killed, though the BDR deny this.
This is significant because it means that the Andolon Culture has penetrated the paramilitary forces. Perhaps this is the only language they feel our government understands and acceptable in current political grammar, after all they have learnt from their leaders and observed the behaviour of institutional occupiers in recent times. Maybe its miraculous that their discipline held out this long.Thats really sad from the point of view of precedent, but also it shows that the society does not give enough value to its border protectors. We prefer to parrot out development twaddle than address issues as we conceive and face them. This is only good news for hostile neighbours and smugglers.. and Shaytan.
6:41: Just to give you guys an update on what the local channels in London are showing: Bangla TV: Mayer Badhon, Channel S Rupnogorer Rajkonna (Bangla film titled ‘ Mother’s Bond and Princess of beuautyland). This local electronic journalism – London ishtyle. All the Bangladeshi channles have 2 hour feed delay.
6:20: banglavision reporting that PM has granted general amnesty, said all demands will be met shortly. She will have a video conference with the jawans inside pilkhana. Joy Digital Bangladesh!
5:47: BBC updates. there goes brand bangladesh http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7909557.stm
5:46: Photos: http://unheardvoice.net/blog/2009/02/25/photos-bdr-gate/
5:42: NTV report – Soldier with his mouth covered talking to this channel’s reporter has a whole new take on Operation Daal Bhaat. He says prices were artificially jacked up by high ranking BDR officials who stored commodities on BDR parade grounds and released them slowly to ensure prices went up first. Then they went on operation Daal Bhaat after media outcry about this. Sounds fantastic, but hope this claim too is investigated.
5:35: Negotiations are still going on.
5:30: Former BDR chief Fazlur Rahman (?) on ETV says BDR mutiny is result of many years of “stored frustration” over disparities over wage and opportunities. He says it is “command failure”. But he says the fault is not with Army, but with BDR’s own command structure.
4:01: Good summary: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7909323.stm
3:49: So here’s the latest from RTV:-
3:41: Rebel BDR forces have left the building i.e. PM’s office. Can we expect a bloody announcement from the PM’s press adviser? This is crazy ! Not a single statement to the public from the PM’s office. Who is in charge here?
3: 25: Faruk Wasif writes http://www.sachalayatan.com/faruk_wasif/22093
Even though BDR is outside the army, all its high level officers are appointed from the army. So there is a always a tension between the noncommissioned solidiers of BDR and the ‘external’ army officers. This has now exploded.
বিডিআর সেনাবাহিনীর বাইরের প্রতিষ্ঠান হলেও এর সকল অফিসার নিয়োগ হয় সেনাবাহিনী থেকে। ফলে এটা ননকমিশনড সৈন্য আর ‘বহিরাগত’ অফিসারদের মধ্যে একটা দ্বন্দ্ব রয়ে যায়। বিশেষ মুহূর্তে সেই দ্বন্দ্বের এই বিশেষ বিষ্ফোরণ ঘটলো।
LATEST: Munni Saha inside BDR Camp (video) (thanks Arif)
LATEST: Faruk Wasif on Sachalatayan
4:00: 14 member panel of rebel soldiers arrived at Jamuna to talk to PM. — TV report
3:54: Munni Saha’s (ATN Bangla) gutsy reporting is widely being applauded. Undoubtedly, she is the best reporter in town. Hope someone can upload her coverage online and send us the link.
3:50: Sahara khatun (Home minister) is inside BDR. Negotiation ongoing. Few things to keep an eye on. NDTV in India reported a little while ago – “Dhaka under seige, BDR head killed”. Where do they get such news? Rumour can not be news. Was Dhaka really under siege? No body has confirmed yet any news on BDR chief. People who are commenting, can you please dig up reports on BDR event yesterday? What really happened?
3:33: “ibn sina hospital er kona y akjon lokh ke niye jawa hole, wearing jeans, tar kan er pash diye guli gache, he is probably no longer alive – bangla vision report”
3:30:- first footages on interviews with BDR rebels – mouths covered with red cloth, refusing to give their names and speaking “oshuddho”, Bangla dialects – beginning to come through all the tv channels. Grievances include pay, rations, accusations of officer corruption, friction with army officers and, as I told my father this morning, “no peacekeeping missions”.
3:26: Live interview. List of complaints of BDR against high command and army . City dwellers report heavy firing has resumed now.
3: 14: bdr interview on ntv: amra morte raji achi, kintu ajker outburst ta onek din dhore build up hocche, amader beton baroner bepare shommossha hocchilo, daal bhaat er ar akta bhata chawar poro amra pai nai.
“We are ready to die. But outburst is a build up from a long time. We have trouble buying food. We asked for special wages but did not get any response.”
3:11: TV report: “BDR jawans demanded ONLY PM and Homeminister to talk to them… contacts should be made through Nayek Shahid.” Is MP Nanak trying to be a hero by giving out his phone number on live tv?
3:10 PM: Munni Saha on ATN talking to some BDR personnel: she’s talking to BDR - ”BDR army’r command e cholte raji na’. They don’t want to be run under army command.
2:56 p.m. – 5 hours after the crisis hit, commerce minister comes out of PM’s rseidence and talks to media. Promises an official briefing soon by Home minister(s).
2:55: Channel 1 live: Two MPs walking towards BDR gate with white flag. Someone from inside asked not to allow any newsmen with the MPs
2:52: NTV report: Hasina with minister and state min. for home at her house since morning. Three chiefs with them. AL presidium members RTS of RATS recently joined them.
2:49: Diganta TV – “the disparity between army pay scale and BDR pay scale is a sore point.” “Leaflets were distributed yesterday even as the PM was there inaugurating the ceremonies”. “Army staff on deputation to BDR are at risk inside the compound”.
2:43: escaped BDR jawans try to surrender to police in different thanas. live interview on channel 1
2:14: Nanok is in. Should be the start of a negotiation. Why Nanok though? Where are the home ministers?
2:13: mutineer from inside speaking to atn reporter over phone saying they will speak to govt only if PM announces shadharon khawma they have been given bimitashulov achoron and do not accept that the DG will have 11 cars and they will go through such tormented lives.
2:01: One rickshawala, shot earlier, died.
2:00: From Dhaka: All office goers heading back home walking. Ties and badges. No fear on faces. Even good humour. Some are saying: ‘ ei jonno shohorer bhitor camp rakhte hoi na’ ( this is reason why armed camp should not be in the middle of city)
1:59: NTV: PM on the phone with some BDR personnel …also regular update on twitter here:.
1:46: Also, the leaders of the mutiny have been asked to come through the first gate with a white flag and army ready to negotiate
1:40: Watch AL Jazeera news online from here http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/
1: 35: More details from Al Jazeera here:
1:20 PM: Jahangir Kabir Nanok and Mirza Azom at BDR gate on behalf of PM to negotiate. They couldn’t enter the compound yet
1:30 PM: Al Jazeera Reports that 11 officers have been killed and 60 people are currently hostage:
Latest: Hindustan Times report
Latest: Rumors of curfew at 3 pm are NOT CONFIRMED. No official announcement. Embassies are calling foreign nationals and saying curfew from 2 pm.
Latest: Gulshan shops are closing down. Rush in Mohammedpur as curfew rumor circulates.
Latest: One analyst called it “pre-planned but badly strategized” mutiny inside BDR. There are two unconfirmed rumors:a) BDR chief has been shot dead b) 46th brigade of the army moved in to quell mutiny.
Eyewitness report: Firing is still going on at 11:30 pm. I was chased by police when they saw my camera. Several people came to me and said “bhai camera lookan, apnake niye jabe”. RAB van patrolling and removing journalists from area. DP Twitter from Dhanmondi, Dhaka. 12:20pm
Post your updates in twitter if you are in Dhaka http://twitter.com/unheardvoice
Update: 11:50 AM: ETV reporting what we’ve heard so far: this has to do with pay. BDR officers barricaded in Darbar hall with a small coterie of soldiers defending them. Heavy machine gun and mrotar fire over the last half hour. ETV reporter thinks that is at the helicopter circling pilkhana. Revolters claim to journalist that they are doing this because of grievances including the corruption of higher-ups during anti-price hike drive.
DHAKA – A FIERCE gun battle broke out Wednesday inside the headquarters of Bangladesh’s border security force in the capital Dhaka, police said.The private Bangladeshi news channel ETV reported several injuries.
‘There has been a huge exchange of gunfire at BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) headquarters complex this morning. We have heard mortar fire,’ local police chief Nabojit Khisa said.
‘The gunfire is still going on. We are not allowed to enter,’ he added, declining to comment on reports of a mutiny within the force.
Smoke could be seen coming from the complex, with security forces sealing the area off.
Official sources told AFP that the eruption of the gun battle coincided with a meeting of senior Bangladesh Rifles officers and that the battle appeared to be the result of a problem within the security force and was not a coup d’etat.
Since winning independence from Pakistan in 1971, Bangladesh has had a history of coups and counter-coups.
The Bangladesh Rifles are headquartered in the Bangladeshi capital’s Pilkhana area. — AFP
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Your knowledge of armed forces are impressive! 45,000 BDR’s under their command are not their part, but 40o officers are! I do not think army has any other option than be restrained. They don’t have any authority. That is the difference in thinking between you and me.
If you felt personally insulted by my comments, I am sorry. It is you who has raised what if “my father or brother’ were there, and I am in a personal situation pretty close to what you described. This meaningless killing has to stop.
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“The BDR DG along with around 50 officers is surrounded by 10000 jawans.”
How many persons are in the Darbar hall? 100 -500 maybe? and how many jawans were ther? Didn’t you read all the news? Go and read again.
http://unheardvoice.net/blog/2009/02/25/bdr-mutiny/#comment-15605
Lets not try to come to a conclusion and negate 100 reports. I see that there is an attempt to twist the fact. But all the mutineers I have heard had said that they were shot at first. No one of them said otherwise..
Why are you trying to save the DG? A disciplined battalion does not become suicidal without such extreme threat to their lives. Let us try to think this way.
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Rezwan, I am a journalist, and yes, I do read the news. I also try to use my common sense when I interpret the news. The army officers are always outnumbers by jawans – both in the army and the BDR. So it is incredible that an officer would kill a jawan just like that. That simply does not stand to reason. You would see it if you thought it through.
@rafiq, you misunderstand. I was not advocating storming the pilkhana. By reckoning I meant accountability after the mutiny has been contained.
I know some bloggers here dont like the army. I am not particularly fond of them myself. But let us at least have respect for the rule of law. Appeasement means more pain, not less. If the mutineers get away scot free, who knows what will happen next? It could be the jawans of the army or the police who decide to revolt in order to realise their demands.
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I for one don’t think the BDR will stop. Why? The have already killed people. Civil and both armed. They by now should have understood that there is no way they will be set free if they surrender. They won’t be pampered with raises and everything will be forgotten. They have crossed the line. And they will have to pay. They now are trying to stop their judgement for as long as possible. And as for the fires at other camps – the rumors are true. However they started the fire due to a false intel that the army was coming in to restrain them. Out of self defense they have started firing at open. Source? My father who is in the Bangladesh military and is a Colonel.
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@ Rezwan – Do you even know what happens in the Darbar Hall? Atleast all of the stationed men at a garrison ( i.e cantonment ) are assembled there for their program and around 2500 were present during that darbar. With that said , do you know another fact that no one can be allowed to enter the Darbar armed? Be that ANYONE? So this clearly removes the theory that the DG killed a jawan. But did he provoke them in a way that could have instigated them to take such actions – That cannot be ruled out and I think he did have some hand in lighting the fire but under no circumstances could he have shot anyone in that hall.
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IC, you are spot on. Mutiny is a heinous crime, under the laws of any land. Let us not turn these people who have disgraced their uniform and betrayed our trust into heroes.
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If we study the morphology of revolts, we will see that it is usually a hardcore few who lead the mutiny. Others get caught up. A thorough investigation after the mutiny is over will reveal the facts. There is obviously a need for institutional reforms. But above all, the rule of law must be upheld so that people know that mutiny does not pay!
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“During the BNP rule between 1991 and 1996, the BDR lower tier staged mutinies in Dhaka, Chittagong, Feni, Jessore, Khulna and Naogaon expressing similar grievances.
Those mutinies did not witness bloodshed and the personnel were assured of measures to address their issues, which were ultimately shelved.”–Daily Star
why wern’t these issues resolved??? no wonder the BDR broke up in such a mutiny!
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@Globetrotter – I feel the same way too. I am totally against the amnesty they were given but I think the prime minister is looking for a way to make them surrender and then take the necessary actions. Its a risky plan but the rate at which BDR people are firing I feel just verbal persuasion might not get our government to anywhere further than we are now , which is no where. All their acts of meetings has just led to a few minutes of silence and then again a start to the turmoil. The acts of the jawans have not been publicized that much to prevent panic but their crimes are even more horrendous. They did not stop at just killing the officials , they wiped out whole families of 2 or 3 high ranking officials. Is that how you demand justice for you lack of provisions? And they have the nerve to believe they will be forgiven and they will get their demands?
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“So this clearly removes the theory that the DG killed a jawan.” – The reports came that the DG exchanged verbal abuses and escalated the situation then someone (probably his adc) opened arms and fires were shot. They werre shot at first and then retaliated.. that was the message. And I am surprised that some of us cannot take this as a possibility (until we know the truth).
We need everybody to try to calm the situation, not blaming each other and indulge into superiority complex. Read this:
সবার আগে দেশকে শান্ত করুন। তারপর প্রশ্ন করুন, জবাব দাবী করুন, চুপ করে থাকবেন না
http://www.somewhereinblog.net/blog/valobashablog/28916681
দোহাই লাগে , কোন যুদ্ধ শুরু হতে দেবেন না । আপনারা আমরা প্রত্যেকেই এখন এক এক জন মুক্তিযোদ্ধা । আর আমাদের দায়িত্ব যুদ্ধ করা নয় , যুদ্ধ যাতে না বাধে তাই নিশ্চিত করা । যে যেভাবে পারেন , এই দায়িত্বটা পালন করুন । নিশ্চয়ই আপনারই পরিচিত কেউ বি ডি আর এবং আর্মিতে আছে । তাদের ফোন করুন , কথা বলুন , বোঝান । কখনোই ভাববেন না , আপনার কিছু করার নেই । অবশ্যই আছে । যারা বাংলাদেশে রক্ত গঙ্গা দেখতে চান না , তাদের কাছে করজোরে অনুরোধ করছি , পরিচিত মানুষ গুলোকে থামান । যে কোন মূল্যে শান্তি রক্ষাই এখন সবচেয়ে বড় দায়িত্ব ।
অনেক কিছু চিন্তার বিষয় জড়িয়ে আছে গতকাল ঘটে যাওয়া এবং এখনো ঘটমান ঘটনার মধ্যে, সামনে ও পিছনে । গুজবের ডালপালা গজিয়েছে, যেমন শাখা বেরিয়েছে ঢাকার বিদ্রোহের ।
আমাদের সকলেরই ভয় একটাইঃ
ঢাকার বিদ্রোহ যেন সারা দেশব্যাপী ছড়িয়ে পড়ে গৃহযুদ্ধের রূপ না নেয় ।
আমাদের সকলের আশা একটাইঃ
যথা সম্ভব কম রক্তপাতে এই ঘটনার শেষ হোক ।
আমি জানি , অনেকেই আমার মত খবর জানার চেষ্টা করছেন, জানানোর চেষ্টা করছেন । তাই ব্লগে লিখছেন আশা, হতাশা , আশংকার কথা । খুব বিনিত ভাবে সকলকে অনুরোধ করি , যা লিখছেন , অবশ্যই ভেবে চিন্তে ফলাফল কি হতে পারে তা বিবেচনা করে লিখুন। কিছু সময় আসে জাতির ক্রান্তিকালে যখন প্রতিটা মানুষকে দেশ ও জাতির কথা চিন্তা করে দায়িত্ব নিতে হয় , দায়িত্ব পালন করতে হয় । এখন তেমনই এক সময় ।
১৯৭১ এ এই দায়িত্ব ছিলো যুদ্ধ করার ।
২০০৯ এ এই দায়িত্ব ” যুদ্ধ না করার” ।
ব্লগ বা ব্লগের বাইরে কাউকেই কোন রকম গুজব বা উত্তেজনা ছড়াতে দেবেন না। আমাদের প্রত্যেকের এখন দায়িত্ব শান্তি রক্ষা করার । নইলে নেপো হয়ে দই মারার লোকের অভাব নেই । আশা করি , সকলেই নিজ বিবেচনায় অনুরোধটি রাখবেন ।
দেখুন, এইটা ব্যক্তিগত লাভ , ক্ষতি হিসাব করার সময় নয়। বিচার ও শাস্তিরও সময় নয় । সেই সব হিসাব পরে । বি ডি আর ও সেনাবাহিনী — দুই পক্ষেই আমাদের ভাই, বোন, আত্মীয় , বন্ধু , পরিবার ও ভালোবাসার মানুষ । আমাদেরই আত্মার আত্মীয়রা হয় গুলি ছুড়েছেন , না হয় গুলি বুকে নিয়েছেন। কিন্তু , এখন যদি পারিবারিক শোককে প্রতিশোধের পক্ষে টেনে নিয়ে যাই , তা হবে চূড়ান্ত ভুল । অনেকেই বলছেন , ক্ষমা করা ঠিক নয় । নাহ, নির্বিচারে হত্যা কখনোই ক্ষমা করা ঠিক নয় যদি না তা বৃহত্তর গণহত্যার দিকে পরিস্থিতিকে টেনে নিয়ে যায় । আজকের বিচারে তাই ক্ষমা করা উচিত, আরো অনেক হত্যাকে ঠেকানোর জন্য । যাদের নিকট আত্মীয় মারা গেছেন , তারা সংযমের পরিচয় দিচ্ছেন , এবং দিতে পারেন । তাঁদের সশ্রদ্ধ সালাম । কৃতজ্ঞতা । যারা এই বলয়ের বাইরে তারা কোন পক্ষ নেবেন? কোন পক্ষ নেওয়া উচিত ?
সেনাবাহিনী ও আমাদের সন্তান । বিডি আর ও তাই । মা হলে , কাকে বাঁচাবেন? কাকে দেবেন ফাঁসী ? নাহ , সেভাবে ভাবাই ঠিক না । এরা কেউ সমষ্টিগত ভাবে আমাদের শত্রু নন । বরং আমাদের পরিবারের লোক জন। কিন্তু , কিছু ব্যক্তির নির্মমতম অপরাধের নৃশংস ফলাফল আমাদেরকে আজ সহ্য করতে হচ্ছে ।
আমি ব্যক্তিগত ভাবে কারো পক্ষে বা বিপক্ষে নই । তবে, আমি অবশ্যই বাংলাদেশের পক্ষে , শান্তির পক্ষে আর অন্তর্কলহের , গৃহযুদ্ধের বিপক্ষে । আমি আবেগকে প্রশ্রয় দেওয়ার বিপক্ষে । মাথা ঠান্ডা রেখে পরিস্থিতি সামাল দেওয়ার পক্ষে । আমি সমস্ত ঘটনা কি ভাবে ঘটলো , কেন ঘটলো – তা ধামা চাপা দেওয়ার চিরাচরিত প্রথার বিপক্ষে । পরিস্থিতি শান্ত হলে , খোলাখুলি ভাবে , বাংলাদেশের সমস্ত নাগরিকের সামনে এই ঘটনার বিচারের সপক্ষে । সেনাবাহিনী আর বিডিয়ার মারামারি করেছে , ওরাই বিচার করুক বলে সব কিছু ভুলে যাবার বিপক্ষে । লোকের অগোচরে কাউকে কোর্ট মার্শাল করে ফাঁসিতে ঝুলানোর বিপক্ষে । সমস্ত দুর্নীতি, অন্যায় আচরন এর তথ্য মানুষের সামনে আনার পক্ষে ।
আমি আশা করছি , আপনারা বাংলাদেশকে , আমাদের প্রিয় মাতৃভূমিকে এই সংকটময় মুহূর্তে শান্ত রাখবেন , সমস্ত ব্যক্তিগত ক্ষোভ, কষ্ট , আক্রোশ এর উর্ধ্বে থেকে । আমি তার পাশাপাশি এও অনুরোধ করছি , আপনারা ক্রমাগত প্রশ্ন করে চলবেন মিডিয়ায় , গল্পে , আড্ডায়, বিচারালয়ে । জবাব চাইবেন সংশ্লিষ্ট সকলের কাছে । চুপ করে থাকবেন না ।
বিচারের নামে , কোর্ট মার্শালে — এর আগে কৌশলে মুক্তিযোদ্ধা অফিসারদের গণহারে হত্যা করা হয়েছে । তার কথা সাধারন মানুষ জানেই না । এবারও প্রতিবাদী , ন্যায় বিচার দাবীকারী মানুষদের যেন হত্যা করা না হয় , তারা যেই দলেরই হোক ।
আমাদের শান্তি প্রয়োজন , আর তার জন্য চাই সত্যের উন্মোচন ।
আপনার কি মত ?
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@Rezwan – It is a possibility but I myself ruled it out as it is just too absurd. As the officers were clearly outnumbered and the bdr is on of the most disciplined force in the country. They being aggravated and just to keep them quiet they ere shot is highly unlikely but there are always two sides to a coin and until we come to a end in this who situation all the reports will only speculate not provide facts. But I have nothing against you and the thought that the DG might have actually opened fire. It is just my belief to beg to differ on that thought. I always like to people with other ideas as it helps broaden mine. Thank you
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The Army is asking the people to leave the area around the Sat Masjid road may be in preparation of something …..
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Rezwan, that possibility defies common sense. Thats why we are having trouble with it. Unless the DG was suicidal there was no reason for him to shoot and kill a jawan at the Darbar hall where several thousands Jawans were sitting. Why is that so difficult to understand?
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We are supposed to be educated and enlightened people who believe in democracy. So can we agree on a few things?
1. Mutiny is a crime, and a serious threat to the stability of any country. Mutineers are not heroes. They are people who have broken the sacred trust placed on them. The BDR rebels not only executed their senior officers but harmed their families. Is that how you realise your “demands”?
2. A negotiated solution must be attempted. But that does not include appeasement of killers. Otherwise it sends the signal that if you dont like your pay scale, you can go on the rampage, kill your seniors, and if you’ve behaved badly enough, you will be granted amnesty. The effects will be far reaching.
3. Institutional reforms must be brought about, and allegations of corruption must be investigated. The army or BDR is not trained to run businesses, and involving them in operations like Daal bhaat was a mistake. It invites corruption.
4. Spare a thought for the families of the army officers who were slaughtered. They had their menfolk killed, and themselves were held hostage. In a hostage situation, we dont focus on the grievances of the hostage takers. That may come later. But the first concern is for the safety of the hostages.
5. An armed force is allowed to carry arms under oath. They vow not to use those weapons except in the interests of the country. You do not use your weapons to demand a pay hike.
6. Chain of command is vital. BDR jawans are not garments workers. If the chain of command is broken, an armed force becomes a dangerous element that threatens to destablise the entire country.
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Why there is no update today ?
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8 tanks crossed road 27 & some more tanks left savar people witnessed .our relatives from Road $ a left their house
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tanks are rumbling in dhaka once again hence, ominous signs indeed!!! but then what choice does the nation have the hon’ble p.m. has been painstakingly flwg the events and tried her level best with not only with her trusted core group. apparently others have also been allowed given opportunity to hone their negotiating skills.
dark clouds are hovering over dhaka as dusk fells, from the hillocks in chittagong apparently all will not be silent on the western front, tonite.
lets hope for the worst and pray for the best!!!
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hi folks whassup!!! apparently things have calm down after, hon’ble p.m’s. categorical threat of dire consequences, bravo ma’am!!!
undoubtedly hon’ble ma’am’s painstaking efforts ultimately grilled in for good senses to prevail into the thick skulls. lets hope once too many this time, this scourge and callous rebellion will not be allowed to go unchallenged once the smoke and dust is settled and the scores of death are accounted.
take care!!!
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I reiterate my point that unless long term substantive plan to control and decrease the exploding population, lessen lucid corruption, and bring about systematic changes to level the playing field that allows everyone to compete (not just the ruling class); these sort of things will become more frequent and more violent.
Systematic changes in education and economic growth to ensure jobs for the next generation is also needed in parallel.
Simple fact is when people are hungry, homeless and feel marginalized it eventually boils over to explode in violence.
So far I have not seen anything done in regards to population (the most important long term priority) or any other substantive systematic changes from any government (democracy, dictator, or caretaker). Bangladesh has one of the youngest population in the world – Be Warned as they Grow Up!
The signs are ominous – whether its garment workers protesting, BDR mutiny, students protesting, complete disregard of politicians and ruling class about anything but their self interest, utter failure to prepare for the exploding populations. The politicians have turned to its old ways again, turning to nepotism, corruption. The ruling class is somewhat giddy due to our economic “insulation” from global crisis. The migrant workers are already starting to return home, and it’s only a matter of time their hardship turns to anger and frustration.
If things continue without any policy change to control the exploding population, curb corruption and political nepotism, and concentrated effort to educate the next generation, Bangladesh will become a failed state – the question is when? Whether it’s 5, 10, 20, 50 years no one knows. But it’s apparent in complete lack of preparation and disregard by the government and ruling class for the future.
This so called BDR mutiny is just one examples of failure of the system. The mutiny is just another symptom of the larger failure of the government who cares nothing more than lining their pockets.
This immediate acceptance of agenda set by the BDR also sends dangerous precedents for other groups to do the same thing if they feed marginalized. In Bangladesh, if no one listens to you then go on rampage and your demands will be met immediately. It’s been proven a successful strategy for the Students, Garment Workers, Political Parties, and now the BDR. I was once hopeful and perhaps a little delusional but still I was hopeful.
It saddens me to see the signs that one day it will become a Banana Republic with no capable hands to save you
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We deeply mourn for the loss of these bright army officer, words are not enough to show our grieves towards their family.
It is now clearly evident, that whole mass massacare is a part of a big game plan. I would request to include psychologists to investigate the situation of tht point.
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We are now deeply anxious about what mighthappen if such incident isnt investigated properly, as it is already a failure of intelligence, administrative decision at proper time to act.
Certain things must be taken in account for proper investigation are:
a.) The Video source from different private media to understand the psychology and findingout the people involved in.
b.) At the moment no one is out of sucpicion, whether who is frm wht institution,we must follow allyby, to understand what could have been the best decision that were left out, and who were involved to take the matter in this situation, for ex. BDR got enough time to do mass grave,and enough time to flee from the cordon
c.) Why the whole place wasnt been comtrolled within, why the total place wasnt under security cordon, to not to let any to flee from the compound. there are many different facts as such that must be taken account and properly investiagted.
d.) That is why I hav prefered to include psychologists to understand the mastermind behind this.
e.) If we understand that this is totally a intelligence failure. cannot we also pre guess that this investigation can also be treated under low intelligence.
f.) The govt. shouldnt only take the security investigators in account but also from general ppls comments so that we dont fail again.
g.)We also need to investigate the political records of this officers, for a good clue to find out the proper way of investigation, that who could be most benefitted, either inland and foreign.
h.) If BDR jowans are most organized how could this ppl can coomit a mass massacar, and who led them to do such act.
i) we already know the total incident wasnt properly handled or else this jawans couldnt be able to flee the area, who let them to flee.
j)security is security, Bangladesh must learn from this bitter experience how to handle such incident properly. The influx of local ppl to let mix with Jawans is an utter mistake.
All the points are to let ppl know, that such incident must not go without a pay. we cant let such on and on.We must establish ourselves a nation of intelligence to the world.
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innlilla-hey wah-innaillahey : may the souls of the great shaheeds who gave their lives with their boots on, rest in eternal peace!!!
our gratitudes goes out to the hon’ble p.m., her entire heros of the cabinet and the heros of 1/11 for showing their; sagacity, maturity and sincerity by not surrendering into quite natural emotions. this great & grand example will invariably be written in golden letters in the annals of history and the authors of this; callous, scourges and their monstros masters here and abroad will be condemned by posterity till the sacred day of judgement. lets also do hope and pray that, our brethren in the 4th estate & the media will exercise utmost caution by never, ever making such traitors heros bcoz time again crystally clearly manifested that, treachery maybe liked by some innocently but nobody likes the traitors, in the long run – now!in this particular case they have been today treated as traitors for betraying our sacred beloved country!!!
take care.
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Its very much shocking to see the dead bodies of the officers, and we cant think about the consequences of the loss of their family and relatives and the country. But I think two points should not be missed out:
1) Role of Media on the first day and
2) Allegation of corruption against ARMY officers and the reformation of BDR.
thanks for the updates.
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Its a shame… its a shame. Its obvious that the BDR atrocity was not merely over their demand for better pay or ration but something that is not yet obvious.
I condemn the fierce killings of member of arm forces and their family that took place that day. Such brutal act cannot go unpunished.
The army has shown great patience and maturity in holding back their emotions and the way they dealt the situation.
Its undoubtedly remarkable the way the honorable PM Shekh Hasina handled the situation.
The country and all the political parties should now work together to identify the culprits and bring them to justice.
My heart goes out to all the souls that were lost and the family of the effected who have a difficult time ahead of them.
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Its a shame… its a shame. Its obvious that the BDR atrocity was not merely over their demand for better pay or ration but something that is not yet obvious.
I condemn the fierce killings of member of arm forces and their family that took place that day. Such brutal act cannot go unpunished.
The army has shown great patience and maturity in holding back their emotions and the way they dealt the situation.
Its undoubtedly remarkable the way the honorable PM Shekh Hasina handled the situation.
The country and all the political parties should now work together to identify the culprits and bring them to justice.
My heart goes out to all the souls that were lost and the family of the effected who have a difficult time ahead of them.
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I have been going through many of the blogs and youtube comments and also I have friends in army, discussing with them i have tried to accumulate all the sources together to give a clue to investigation.
1.)First of all this a matter of a countrys own security matter, where every respnsible individuals, professionals must be well aware and alert for such a decisive failure of security and intelligence, with respect to a countrys independence.So we must measure every concerned source to find out the master mind behind this conspiracy. It is sure that the mastermind holds the brain and intelligence to takeout wahtever our most advanced intelligence head is qworking on it.
2.) Another serious notion is that, no one should be kept out of suspicion:
a.) The media journalist
b.) The Army officials those who died and saved
c.) The BDR jawans died and surrenderd to general amnesty
d.) The political parties and govt. itself
e.) The Army
f.) The persons those who entered there after the surrender and those who were at different gate supporting the BDR mutiny. who are this ppl?
g.)even those who will investigate the matter
h.) The advisors to PM.
3.) Peel khana is a crime scene area, we have seen the armies and BDRs in action at ctg hilltracts cordonning the 3/5 hills together in circular formation called combing operation to catch the crooks, if it can be done in a hilly jungle area of ctg hilltracts, why not in a city of plane area. can army inteelligence answer the question?They could have make a formation of 3 km cordon surrounding the pillkhana area, and call a curfew within this area, and also make the civilians to leave the area within a given time and those who may not, can also be helped to place them in a temporary place such as stadium to live in. This can help in barring the civilians with BDR jawans, controlling the civilians as well as the area and BDR peel khana.so that no BDR can flee at that time or no other agents in the disguise of general ppl can interact with jawans and even the jawans would hv been in a threatening condition to surrender fast. But we have nothing of it were done. only for that weakness, later BDR jawans fled and many of the crooks and even agents may hv fed the area. Can we ask where are the bodies of abt 60-73 officers?where are they?where are their families?do Govt have any list tht those officers family r in a list to seek for their loved ones?
4.)The BDR jawans who didnt left after surrender and those who fled were kept in custody for investigation, it is more decisive to do tht also with the army officers those who were left to live. They should also be in custody, in an isolated state without letting them know and should be asked, interrogated and cross checked the ans for the same questions to find out the actual ppls involved in this matter, i spk it with full respect to our Army, we must realize it as a special case, but its unfortunate we didnt do it. This officers are giving their comments over media and without any authority.This shouldnt be the way to investigate. We already hv seen crossconnection and missing words between comments of officers were alive frm this situation, how could tht be possible?We must take it in account.
5.) ?In a crime scene who will enter and who will not must recognized and through proper authority. We have seen that there were no guards and authority entering the crime scene, no security over the boundary of the peelkhana, at frst every 1 entered, police, army personnels, ministers, families, media jouranalist etc etc… its a total massacare situation.The arms and bulets, grenades looted, agent may be in disguise of police, army soldiers, journalist etc etc…no security over the crime scene… how could tht is acceptable. We say abt security intellegence faliure. Werent they still indulging the failure to make it a proper failure?We dont believe that DGFI, NSI and SB dnt know a hint of this matter, it cant be, but we must find it out, who us behind this. It is also been told that Army and BDR have well recruite of Islami extremist to controll over the whole country likewise in pakistan.Pak army is now totslly under taliban ctrl after moshraof it is now well formed, either swat wouldnt hv been under taliban from army.We must also check this serious matter.
6.) Rehabiitating to the army officers except the jawans will bot end this crisis, cause the jawans were deprived for tht is sure. if this is a total mutiny of BDR, then we must be aware that whtever we do and take action tht should be offcurse similar compensation to jawans also.orelse this will lead to another mutiny no doubt.
7.) we must also find out the political identity of those army officers in this incident, to find out if there is any of the political or army cue happened in the form of mutiny.
I hope the readers must admit to the above points regarding the national security matter in mind. please also check intersting points abt http://bdfact.blogspot.com/
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