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BDR Carnage BNP demands all-party JS probe body

Staff Correspondent
Rejecting the government probe report on BDR carnage, BNP yesterday demanded formation of a powerful allparty parliamentary committee to identify the perpetrators, planners and behind-the-scenes instigators of the carnage.
The main opposition party also called for making the army probe report on the incident public. If the government feels embarrassed about the content of the army probe report, at least a restricted session in parliament could be held to discuss the report
Addressing a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club, BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain on the government probe report said, "The report on such a grave national disaster is nothing but a mockery. We reject the essay. The investigation committee has failed to reveal anything."
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Wednesday night in an
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instant reaction to the government probe report said, "It is unacceptable that they [the government] made public parts of the report which suit them."
Delwar came down heavily on the proposal to change the name and uniform of the border guards. "It is nothing but a bad idea of the government. Why so much focus on the name puttingaside the real incidents?"
Terming the published portion of the probe report "no report", he said the government has published only the part of the report that goes to its favour.
Urging the government to publish full reports of all committees that are probing or have probed the incident, he said they along with the people of the country arc frustrated at the fact that the government investigation fommifted’ could not reveal anything and only wasted time and public money.
He said the government committee framed BNP leader Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pintu in the incident but said nothing about Torab Ali of Awami League. Their report did not say anything about the meetings between the ministers and leaders of the government and the mutineers, Delwar said, adding that the "Pintu-story" was fabricated to hide facts.
"It was the government that paved the way for mutineers to flee as it did not cordon off the BDR headquarters. Activists of
their party entered Pilkhana in procession during the killing spree," heclaimed.
He said the report has turned into fake documents for the ruling party's propaganda machine and it could not gain credibility.
The BNP secretary general said the army was the main victim of the incident but they were not allowed the freedom to prepare their own report. "There were lots of transfers and retirements hampering their investigation process. In spite of these difficulties, their report has many sensational information and allegations against the ruling party, "ne said.
The report of the govern ment-formed committee, headed by former additional secretary Anisuzzaman Khan, was submitted to. Home Minister Sahara Khatun on May 21 and its summary was made publicWednesday.
At least 74 people, including army officers and soldiers of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and civilians, were killed in the camage at the BDR headquarters on February 25-26.
BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, party chiefs adviser Brig Gen (retd) ASM Hannan Shah, Joint Secretary General Mirza Abbas, lawmaker Barkat Ullah Bulu and BNP Office Secretary Rizvi Ahmed were present at the press conference.