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Militants apart, a few others linked

Faruk on BDR carnage; Shafique says nobody should be accused before probe completes

Staff Correspondent
Sticking to his earlier claim of Islamist militants' link with the massacre at BDR headquarters, Commerce Minister Faruq Khan yesterday said involvement of some other quarters are also cropping up.
However, law Minister Shafique Ahmed yesterday said nobody should be specifically accused of having links with theconspiracy of the Pilkhanacarnage before the enquiry reports are published.
talking to reporters after a meeting with Bangladesh Judicial Service Association (BJSA) leaders at his Secretariat office yes-terday afternoon, he said activists of some banned Islamist outfits are still active.
He said the militants are now working under the banner of different organisations and the law enforcers are ar resting them.
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Intelligence reports say that extremists inside the country have links with the Taliban militants of Afghanistan.
"Some people are trying to assist those wno were directly involved in the mutiny,’ said Commerce Minister Faruk Khan, recently assigned to coordinate the probes into the camage, while talking to reporters at his Secretariat office.
"Everything would come to the surface after investigation." headded.
Some BDR members who fled with firearms and grenades could not be arrested yet which is a threat to the country’, the conutwroe minister said.
Referring to the mass murder of BDR officers during the mutiny, he said it was staged to turn the country into a failed state.
The retired army officer turned politician said last week that evidence of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh's (JMB) involvement in the Feb 25-26 massacre had been found.
The minister repeatedly reminded about the prime minister's recent announcement that no innocent BDR soldier would be punished or harassed.
He said for BDR members things are returning to normal quickly as they are now in touch with their family members and the borders are also well protected.
SUSPECTED MUTINEERS REMANDED
A Dhaka Court yesterday placed 19 BDR jawans on a five-day remand each after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) tasked with the investiga-
lion produced them before it.
The CID prayed for a sevenday remand for each but the court granted five days. The identity of the remanded BDR jawans could not be known.
Meanwhile, our staff correspondent in Khulna reports: Members of Operation Rebel Hunt rounded up BDR jawan Jahangir Hossain Sunday at Katianangla of Batiaghata upazila in Khulna.
Police said Jahangir, who was on a 45-day leave, did not rejoin service and violated the government order. He is now being quizzed at the Khulna camp of Operation Rebel Hunt.
Officials in intelligence and IdvVenforcement agencies have further geared up their operations in the Sundarbans on information that some fugitive BDR men have joined notorious groups of pirates with arms they looted from Pilkhana.
SCREENING OF BDR
MEMBERS
Ten teams comprised of members of the army, BDR and intelligence agencies are now screening BDR members at Pilkhana to find out mutineers, home ministry officials said.
All BDR members were given a common questionnaire on the mutiny to fill it out in an effort to hunt down rebels.
"The answer scripts will help us trace those who were directly involved in the mutiny,” said an official of the ministry wishing anonymity.