Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said the mystery behind the 2009 BDR carnage must be revealed, reports BSS.
"We all are looking for the answers. The commission must be successful in probing this incident. This mystery should be unveiled," he said when the members of the National Independent Investigation Commission on BDR carnage called on him at the State Guest House Jamuna.
The Commission members met the Chief Adviser to inform him about the progress of its investigation into the barbaric incident, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told the media.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof Yunus said the interim government will provide all-out cooperation to the probe commission, saying, "They brutally killed their own officers. This carnage was carried out smoothly."
He noted that the entire nation is looking at the investigation commission and that is why it must reveal the mystery behind this incident.
During the meeting, the commission expressed the hope that its probe report would be finalised by June as its investigation is progressing at full speed.
Commission chief Major General (Retd) ALM Fazlur Rahman said the Commission is contacting various parties.
As the BRD carnage took place 16 years ago, it is being delayed a little bit to contact many of those who had connections with the incident, he said.
Rahman informed the Chief Adviser that many of the accused are staying abroad. "We continue to inquire about their information in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," he added.
He said the Commission has already interviewed some people who are in jail now. "There are 23 people abroad who need to be contacted for the investigation. Of them, eight have contacted for their interviews," he said.
The commission chief further said: "We are investigating the pattern of killings and torture. After the killing of the DG, the rest (of the officers) were killed. This was a planned carnage. Such a carnage cannot happen without a plan".
Mentioning that it was like the recurrence of Plassey tragedy, he said the Commission has to find out its roots.
Commission member Major General (Retd) Jahangir Kabir Talukder said: "Not a single officer/official was removed in the incident of such a heinous carnage. None has been held accountable. This was a failure of the intelligence agencies, the military and politics."
Other members of the Commission Brigadier General Md Saidur Rahman, Munshi Alauddin Al Azad, Dr M Akbar Ali, Md Shariful Islam, Shahnewaz Khan Chandan and ATKM Iqbal were present at the meeting.
On December 24, 2024, the government formed the seven-member commission to reinvestigate the tragic 2009 BDR massacre and it was asked to complete its probe by 90 working days.
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