Army probing a few officers' alleged link
Bangladesh Army is investigating the allegations of a few of its officers' involvement with the bomb attack on Awami League lawmaker Fazle Noor Taposh.
"Any kind of indiscipline in the army is controlled as per army rules. The issue of army officers' involvement with the incident of bomb attack on barrister Taposh is being investigated properly," a press release of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said yesterday.
The army headquarters assured that if found guilty, stern legal actions would be taken against the army officers concerned.
The ISPR issued the statement following media reports on some army officers' alleged involvement with the bomb attack on Taposh, a nephew of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and a prosecutor in the Bangabandhu murder case trial now going on at the Supreme Court.
The press release also said, "The army headquarters sincerely expect that the media will refrain from publishing news regarding the army based on assumptions and without being confirm about the incident.
"Bangladesh Army, the symbol of national sovereignty, is fully aware of and committed to discharge the responsibilities and duties assigned to it," it added.
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