As soon as Awami League (AL) came to occupy the seat of government in
Dhaka, a macabre plot was hatched with Indian complicity to teach the BD
Army a lesson. The gruesome event of mutiny in Bangladesh Rifles (BDR)
killing their Commanding General and many others including officers’
families and children came as a rude shock. As per media reports the
dreadful event took place on differences over pay and perk between Army
and Bangladesh Rifles. The Jawans of BDR also complained about
corruption of Army Officers who come to BDR for a short tenure and
indulge in corrupt practices. The question is that causes as reported
through media are not commensurate with the magnitude of the criminal
activity that took place in the BDR. The saner elements of the society
are skeptical about the real causes leading to mass scale mutiny in a
disciplined force of BDR. Across the board investigation to unearth the
facts is imperative to punish those responsible for such a gory drama
and to avert such future happening in the BD Armed Forces.
Although the government of Bangladesh is investigating the whole episode
yet there is a need for the government of BD to see through the designs
of their real enemy India who want the newly elected AL government to
accept their demands including transit route facilities and joint task
force etc. The fact of the matter is that India wants to plunder
Bangladesh’s wealth at any cost. While AL of Sheikh Hasina Wajid is
pro-Indian political party of Bangladesh, Indian spy masters want to
inflict maximum damage on the Armed Forces of Bangladesh creating fear
in the minds of officers to understand Indian messages while guarding
their national interests. It appears to be a deliberate Indian scheme to
sponsor the mutiny and killing of BDR officers while cleverly
insinuating against ISI of Pakistan as a cover story. The unfortunate
saga which unfolded in Dhaka sounds out of place that a group of
soldiers could reach the threshold of frustration over pecuniary matters
resulting in savage butchery of officers, women and innocent children.
Reports have surfaced now about mutineer’s communications with across
the border further cementing the speculations that this was too well
planned an operation to be handled by junior cadre alone. Bangladesh has
paid a heavy price to resist the Indian hegemonic designs in the region.
The secrets about the recent conspiratorial mutiny are gradually being
unfolded. Many links have already been unearthed and after joining them
together the conspiracy theory is now being believed by almost everyone
as a reality. The most horrifying aspect is that all links leads to the
Government involvement the PM in particular along with some of Sheikh
Hasina’s confidants. It is now largely believed that the revolt was not
a spontaneous one among the ranks and files but a small group of 20/25
individuals were carefully organized over a period of time to spearhead
the sad episode taking the advantage of some petty grudges of the ranks
and files.
The group had been organized under direct supervision of PM’s Defense
Advisor General Tareq Siddiqui (Retd), the brother in law of Sheikh
Hasina, who after retirement has been picked up as Defense Advisor to
the PM with the status of a full minister. Under him the following
persons worked to organize the group of the agent provocateurs. 1.
Sahara Khatun the Home Minister 2. Mirza Azam presently whip of the
ruling party 3. Jahangir Kabir Nanak ex- President of Jubo League now
State Minister of Local Govt. He is a ruthless person who was charged
for corruption, extortion, arson and cold-blooded murders by the last
army-backed interim Govt. of Fakhruddin. 4. MD. Tawheed (a long time
close friend of Nanak) appointed as the Deputy Assistant Director in BDR
along with three other persons in different posts by the Home Ministry.
5. ADV. Quamrullslam 6. Sheikh Fazle Nur Taposh(son of Sheikh Fazlul Haq
Moni, nephew of Mujib killed in encounter on 15th Aug revolution 1975)
7. Hasan Mohamed DG RAB 8. Nasim khan appointed by the present Govt. as
DMP Commissioner. 9. Nur Mohammad newly appointed IGP.
The mutiny commenced at 10 am and surprisingly by 12 noon Hasina sent
Nanak to BDR HQ at Pilkhana as her emissary where the Home Minister
joined with Nanak to bring a delegation of the mutineers headed by MD.
Tawheed for a negotiated settlement of the crisis refusing permission to
the armed forces to act at the very onset of the mutiny. The delegation
arrived at PM’s residence escorted by Nanak, Sahara Khatun, IGP and DMP
Commissioner like VIPs and just handed over their hand scribbled demands
to Hassina and returned triumphantly with a general amnesty from her.
Nanak, Sahara Khatun escorted back the delegation to BDR HQ. Within a
few minutes Sahara khatun’s car left the HQ with three covered faced co
passengers mysteriously for unknown destination. After the departure of
Sahara Khatun the Home Minister Nanak also left the place in a hurry.
There after IGP was ordered to send police inside to collect the dead
bodies littering all over the compound. Injured were sent to hospitals.
On the 2nd of March Hasina visited the Army Headquarters to address
about 2000 officers who came from all over the country to pay homage to
the martyrs and take part in the burial ceremony.
There she could feel the heat of anger and quickly left the place
cutting short her address. She was terribly nervous and scared to face
the angry young officers. The message that she carried back was that she
could no longer trust BD armed forces nether she could earn respect from
them. Under such situation before it is too late she decided to hasten
the hidden agenda to allow foreign forces to come in to tame and
establish full control over the BD armed forces, intelligence agencies
and all other law enforcing forces under the pretext of restructuring,
modernization etc.
Accordingly just after her visit to the Dhaka Cantt she convened an
urgent session of Parliament to discuss the present crisis facing the
nation. In her speech she openly sought all out help and assistance from
America, Britain, UN and other agencies to come in to restructure and
reorganize the untrustworthy armed forces and all other law enforcing
forces of Bangladesh including intelligence agencies fighting against
terror. However, the fact remains that such a national betrayal is just
to secure herself and her Govt in power being dependent on the forces of
the foreign masters. A wishful thinking indeed! It is simply another
classical proof of that golden saying “we read history but not learn
anything from it and thus history repeats itself.”
