Probe commission chief assures of thorough probe into BDR tragedy

Major General (retd) ALM Fazlur Rahman, the Chairman of the newly-formed National Independent Investigation Commission to reinvestigate the mutiny at the then BDR headquarters at Pilkhana on February 25 to 26, 2009, has assured of a thorough probe into the matter.

"We're committed to investigating thoroughly into the tragedy as it is a national issue," he said while speaking to journalists after coming out of the commission's maiden meeting at the Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) Headquarters in Dhaka on Thursday.

The commission chief said they would use their intellect and work with devotion to complete the re-investigation within the given period.

He said they are also pledge-bound to address the plights of those affected by the mutiny.

The commission, which was formed on December 24, has been given 90 days to reinvestigate the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR-now BGB) carnage that left 74 people, including 57 army officials, dead.

It has been entrusted with the primary task of unearthing both local and foreign conspiracies surrounding the deadly incident.

The commission, which has been given a three-month timeframe, will adopt an impartial approach, striving to conduct the investigation without any external influence.

Six other members are: Maj Gen Md Jahangir Alam Talukder (Retd), Brigadier General Md Saidur Rahman, Bir Pratik, (Retd), retired joint secretary Munsi Alauddin Al Azad, retired DIG Dr M Akbar Ali, Md Shariful Islam, Associate Professor of Political Science Department of Dhaka University, Md Shahnewaz Khan Chandan, assistant professor of the Institute of Education and Research of Jagannath University.