UNB, Dhaka
The bloodbath took place at the BDR Headquarters here on February 25-26 was not a mutiny, but part of a bigger conspiracy which should be unveiled through a fair investigation, speakers told a roundtable here Saturday.
"It's a planned killing and it shouldn't be considered the outcome of an internal conflict between BDR and Army," said former BDR DG Maj Gen (retd) Rezaqul Haider.
The roundtable titled 'BDR Mutiny: Security Implications for Bangladesh and Region' was held at the conference room of The Bangladesh Today in the morning.
The Bangladesh Today and Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies jointly hosted the roundtable with its President Major General (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman in chair.
They called for a fair investigation into the incident to identify the perpetrators.
The speakers said a body like National Security Council (NSC) should be formed to tackle any national crisis. This should be discussed in parliament so that such incidents do not happen again, they said.
They said it is high time to think about forming NSC that would act as a helping instrument to democracy.
Former State Minister for Foreign Affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury said the BDR carnage had brought a chance for the nation to get united, but unfortunately it did not happen.
He alleged that the opposition has totally failed to play its due role during and after the brutality in the BDR headquarters.
Favoring the idea of forming NSC, he said the entire nation is waiting to see an acceptable and fair investigation into the carnage.
Abul Hasan Chowdhury urged the authorities concerned to let the investigators to do their jobs freely and fairly.
Rezaqul Haider said there is no dual command in BDR and it is totally working under the Ministry of Home.
He said the government might take steps to restructure and strengthen BDR.
President of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies Major General (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman said a major part of the national security has collapsed with the incidents in the BDR Headquarters. "I don't think that our border are now well-guarded which is a threat to us," Muniruzzaman said.
He said some 2,700 BDR jawans still remained untraced and huge arms and explosives went missing which should be searched out.
Muniruzzaman feared that the explosives and arms might fall into the hands of terrorists and the absconding well-trained BDR jawans might join different terrorist outfits, worsening the country's security concern.
"It's a major blow to our national security and we should not deviate from the objective of investigation," he said.
Bangladesh Today Editor Col (retd) Mahmud-ur-Rahman and Research Assistant of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies Khaled Iqbal Chowdhury presented two keynote papers in the discussion.
Mahmud-ur-Rahman in his paper said, "Unless politicians and government are willing and able to see changes in this perspective, nothing is likely to change,"
from:nation.ittefaq.com
The bloodbath took place at the BDR Headquarters here on February 25-26 was not a mutiny, but part of a bigger conspiracy which should be unveiled through a fair investigation, speakers told a roundtable here Saturday.
"It's a planned killing and it shouldn't be considered the outcome of an internal conflict between BDR and Army," said former BDR DG Maj Gen (retd) Rezaqul Haider.
The roundtable titled 'BDR Mutiny: Security Implications for Bangladesh and Region' was held at the conference room of The Bangladesh Today in the morning.
The Bangladesh Today and Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies jointly hosted the roundtable with its President Major General (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman in chair.
They called for a fair investigation into the incident to identify the perpetrators.
The speakers said a body like National Security Council (NSC) should be formed to tackle any national crisis. This should be discussed in parliament so that such incidents do not happen again, they said.
They said it is high time to think about forming NSC that would act as a helping instrument to democracy.
Former State Minister for Foreign Affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury said the BDR carnage had brought a chance for the nation to get united, but unfortunately it did not happen.
He alleged that the opposition has totally failed to play its due role during and after the brutality in the BDR headquarters.
Favoring the idea of forming NSC, he said the entire nation is waiting to see an acceptable and fair investigation into the carnage.
Abul Hasan Chowdhury urged the authorities concerned to let the investigators to do their jobs freely and fairly.
Rezaqul Haider said there is no dual command in BDR and it is totally working under the Ministry of Home.
He said the government might take steps to restructure and strengthen BDR.
President of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies Major General (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman said a major part of the national security has collapsed with the incidents in the BDR Headquarters. "I don't think that our border are now well-guarded which is a threat to us," Muniruzzaman said.
He said some 2,700 BDR jawans still remained untraced and huge arms and explosives went missing which should be searched out.
Muniruzzaman feared that the explosives and arms might fall into the hands of terrorists and the absconding well-trained BDR jawans might join different terrorist outfits, worsening the country's security concern.
"It's a major blow to our national security and we should not deviate from the objective of investigation," he said.
Bangladesh Today Editor Col (retd) Mahmud-ur-Rahman and Research Assistant of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies Khaled Iqbal Chowdhury presented two keynote papers in the discussion.
Mahmud-ur-Rahman in his paper said, "Unless politicians and government are willing and able to see changes in this perspective, nothing is likely to change,"
from:nation.ittefaq.com
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