Interim government will re -investigate the 2009 paramilitary force BDR rebellion
The interim government of Bangladesh will re -investigate the BDR rebellion in the country in 2009. Explain that 74 people, including 57 army officers, were killed in the violence erupted due to this rebellion.
The interim government of Bangladesh said on Monday that it will soon re -investigate and impartial hearing of the rebellion in the Paramilitary Force Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in 2009, killing 74 people, including 57 military officers serving. Lieutenant General (Retired) M Jahangir Alam Chaudhary, Advisor for Home and Agriculture Affairs of the Interim Government, said that as a civil and former member of the army, he is committed to ensure justice for this tragic event. He said, proper investigation and fair hearing process of BDR massacre will start soon.
What is the 2009 paramilitary force BDR rebellion?
The rebellion began on February 25–26, 2009, when army officials refused to meet the demands of BDR personnel. After which rebel soldiers revolted at Pilkhana headquarters of BDR in Dhaka and soon spread to the sector headquarters and regional units of marginal force across the country. In this rebellion, paramilitary soldiers pointed their guns to their commanders, shot or killed them, hid their bodies in the sewer and dug a tomb in a hurry and dug a tomb and their fearful family members were held hostage in barracks. Humiliated. The rebellion killed 74 people, including 57 military officers.
Bangladeshi Army name changed after BDR rebellion
After this, under a large -scale reconstruction campaign in the country, the then government of Bangladesh changed the name of BDR tainted from rebellion to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in 2012, while its logo to free the force from the stigma of rebellion, Uniform, flag and monogram replaced.
At the same time, Jahangir Alam Chaudhary, who has previously served as the chief (BGB) chief in the case, said, not only as a consultant but also as a former army member and as a general citizen, I am a fair hearing of BDR murders I also want Their commentary came when the demand for re-investigation was increased especially on social media, although in 2017, a special three-judge High Court bench had upheld the death sentence of 139 BDR soldiers after their trial in the lower court. .
