29 officials, families of 50 others rescued
At least 29 officials and families of around 50 other officials confined by the BDR rebellions were rescued till yesterday. The rescue operation began Wednesday night when Home Minister Sahara Khatun entered the BDR Headquarters.
The confined people were rescued in three phases.
Sources said the number of rescued family members would exceed hundred. But the number of the missing officials could not be known immediately. Their family suspected that they had been killed, sources added.
Contacted, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner said they had not started searches for bodies and the missing persons.
The officers who were rescued alive are Col Sayeed, Col Rouf, Lt Col Shams, Maj Akram, Lt Col Mukim, Lt Col Syed Kamruzzaman, Lt Col Salam, Maj Mahbub, Maj Manir, Lt Col Tasmim, Maj Iqbal, Maj Zaman, Maj Yiahia, Maj Ali Ashraf, Maj Zahid, Maj Shah Alam, Maj Alamgir, Maj Masud, Maj Mokarram, Maj Istiaq, Maj Jahidi, Maj Mahfuz, Maj Mokles, Maj Reaz, Maj Zaman, Maj Almas, Maj Munir, Maj Reza and Capt Kamrul.
The rescued families of the officers identified include Maj Mostafiz, Maj Maksudum Hakim, Col Shamim, Maj Mostak, Col Moshiur Rahman Col Aftab, Maj Khalid, Maj Majharul Haider, Col Moshiur, Col Aftab, Maj Khalid, Col Zakir, Maj Rafiqul, Col Asif, Maj Mokbul, Maj Mokaied, Col Razzak, Maj Khaled Hossain, Col Salam, Col Mujib, Capt Emdad, Dr Nurunnahar, Maj Zahid, Lt Col Sayeed, Maj Mamun, Maj Humayun and Maj Sharif.
Two confined Chinese nationals, Tang Yunpeng, 30, and Xang Zhaoua, 28, were also rescued at about 5:00pm yesterday. But the reason behind their stay in the BDR Headquarters could not be known. They also did not make any comment on the condition during held hostage.
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