Screening of BDR jawans continues
The authorities are screening both the runaway jawans and those who stayed back inside the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters and then reported back.
“We are trying to identify the persons involved in the mutiny by examining the video footages, photographs and through interrogation,” Director General of BDR Md Mainul Islam told The Daily Star last night.
He said both the identified and suspected persons would be thoroughly interrogated about the mutiny in which a total of 74 people including 55 army officers were killed.
“BDR jawans are being asked about their positions during the mutiny, how and why they fled the headquarters and where they stayed,” an army officer told reporters at the BDR Rifles Square Gate.
When asked about the conditions of BDR jawans who rejoined the service he said they all are well and doing their routine works.
The army officer said one jawan was held yesterday with the help of video footage. Another BDR jawan Abdur Rahman was rounded up on Wednesday from his village home in Bogra and gold ornaments and cash looted during the massacre were recovered from him.
Meanwhile, both the law enforcement agencies and the army officers continued their search inside Pilkhana to find missing arms and ammunition. “We are also continuing our search to find if more bodies are left,” said the officer.
A criminal investigation department (CID) officer said they were yet to complete collecting evidences of the bloody mutiny. “We will complete the process soon,” he added.
Meanwhile, several hundred family members and relatives of jawans were seen crowding at the BDR Rifle Square Gate to know about the fates of those inside the BDR headquarters.
“I am not getting any information about my father, who reported back three days ago,” said Jasim Rana, son of a BDR jawan.
None excepting 56 nurses and female staff, who reported back after the mutiny, are allowed to come out of Pilkhana.
About border security, the BDR DG said, “All the borders are fully secure.”
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