<i>They flee; uniforms left behind</i>

Sacks full of uniforms littered the alleys around Pilkhana BDR headquarters left by border guards, who fled in civil dress soon after the mutiny erupted in the morning.
Locals said hundreds of BDR personnel jumped over the boundary walls and fled the scene in a hurry.
They took their family members with them for a safe place and wore civil dress to dodge the eyes of army and law enforcers, who were on way to cordon off the entire area.
"As the shooting erupted in the morning, some BDR personnel jumped over the boundary walls along with their family members and fled for safety," said Anwar, a resident on Nazim Uddin Lane in Zigatola.
"They took off their uniforms once they are outside the walls and fled in civil dress," said Salman Bhatt, a resident of Zigatola Rishipara.
"Wives and children of some BDR personnel got injured while jumping over the boundary walls. Some of them were seen running barefooted or in shoes with different pairs with injuries in their hands and legs," said Tariqul Islam, a resident of PWD staff quarters adjacent to the headquarters.
"The fleeing BDR personnel left the sacks here and there, either beside a lamppost or at the entrance to a house. We had decided not to touch any as we realised they would return soon," he added.
Close to each sack was a gathering of people either cowering inside a nearby grocery shop or in front of the main gate of the building.
"They had to flee in civil dress as the army and law-enforcement agencies were out already to suppress the mutiny. They looked panicked and tensed," said Sohrab Uddin, a resident on Nizam Uddin Lane.
At 3:30pm the inside of the headquarters looked deserted, empty and barren with flocks of crows flying in the sky. Armed BDR mutineers were seen patrolling the roads inside the headquarters and boundary walls.
Locals said several hundreds of BDR personnel fled in the same manner since 10:00 in the morning. They made the escape through the areas including Hajaribagh Methhorpotti, Nijhum, and New Market.
During their escape, the BDR personnel asked them not to shelter any army personnel in any of the houses, the locals added.
Later in the afternoon, the locals pointed to a passer-by saying he was one of the BDR men now returning to join the mutineers after leaving his family in a safe place.