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Calm across country after chaos, revolt

Star Report
As the bloody mutiny at BDR headquarters in the capital played itself out to aa-end yesterday, paramilitaries in some districts took position on the highways and roads, leaving a long stretch of border unprotected.
They came out of their camps and outposts to resist a possible military onslaught in reprisal for bloodshed at Dhaka Pilkhana, reported our correspondents from Chittagong, Rangpur, Chapainawabganj, Satkhira and Jessore.
Since morning, the mutineers fired hundreds of shots into the air, causing panic among locals. However, things began to change for the better shortly after the prime minister’s address to the nation. And by late afternoon, rebel jawans got back to barracks in a great reliefto the civilians.
At least three troops sustained gunshot wounds by accident during shootings. They are Kabir. 42, of BDR Training Centre at Satkania in Chittagong, Lance Nayek Abdus Shahid of Rangpur BDR HQ and sepoy Najrul Islam of 39 Rifles Battalion in Chapainawabganj.
Two army officials were taken hostages by BDR men at around 11:00am from a village in Satkania. They had been holed up there after fleeing Baitul Izzat BDR Training Centre in Chittagong. What happened to them could not be known as of 8:00pm.
Export and import at Sona masjid in Chapainawabganj, Bhornra in Satkhira and Benapole in Jessore remained suspended as border guards barricaded the highways leading to the land ports.
In some places, jawans asked locals to move far off to safety.
Many army officials in the paramilitary force on deputation have fled battalion headquarters, fearing a fate like their peers’ in Dhaka.
A wave of fear spread through people in Chapainawabganj, Rajshahi, Thakurgaon, Rangpur, Satkhira, Jessore, Kushtia, Meherpur, Chuadanga, Brahmanbariaand Panchagarh districts as they saw a heavy built-up of BDR troops on roads.
To add to public worries, mobile phone network in Jessore, Kushtia, Meherpur, Chuadanga and Satkhira was suspended from noon to 6:00pm.
Our Rangpur correspondent reports: Members of 34 battalion of Rangpur BDR left the headquarters and massed on
Dhaka-Rangpur-Dinajpur highway amid rumours that army men were launching an offensive against them.
They kept the highway barricaded till 2:30pm.
Army officers left the headquarters for safe shelters in the early hours yesterday.
Our Chapainawabganj correspondent reports: BDR jawan Nazrul Islam was bullethit while loadinghis rifle.
Preparing for an army assault, they barricaded Chapainawabganj-Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj-Sonamasjid highways with huge trunks of trees.
To avoid bloodletting, the local administration took BDR officials to safety, said sources.
Our correspondent in Rajshahi says: Rebel jawans took control of BDR compound by the Airport Road at Shalbagan yesterday morning.
They fired blank shots and brandished mortars, shotguns, and grenades.
The road emptied as gunshot rangout in the area.
Our Kushtia Correspondent reports: BDR men left a 215-km stretch of border unattended in Meherpur, Kushtia and Chuadanga at around 11:00am and gathered at the barracks.