42 more bodies retrieved from BDR headquarters

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Forty-two more bodies were recovered in a search today for missing army officers at the headquarters of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) following the 33-hour mutiny that ended Thursday evening.

Thirty-eight of the bodies were recovered from a fifteen-feet-deep manhole near the BDR hospital mortuary around 2:30pm. Fourteen of them were in BDR uniform.

Four other bodies were recovered from a canal.

Fifteen of the deceased were identified as Col Elahi, Col Muazzem, Col Emdad, Col Ensat, Col Ehsan, Maj Masum, Maj Rafiq, Maj Moshiur, Maj Haider, Maj Khalid, Col Latifur Rahman, Col Nakibur Rahman, Col Imam Shawkat, Lt Col Rabi Rahman and Maj Mahbub.

Relatives of the missing officers and soldiers thronged Nawabganj sluice gate and BDR headquarters areas for the bodies of their near and dear ones.

In the joint hunt of army, police and Rab, a huge number of BDR uniforms were found abandoned inside the headquarters .

The 33-hour mutiny by disgruntled border guards ended Thursday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned of tough action over any "suicidal activities".

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