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An independent commission has accused former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and several senior Awami League leaders of orchestrating the 2009 Pilkhana massacre.

It named then lawmaker Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh as the “key coordinator” of the BDR mutiny.

The National Independent Investigation Commission, formed to probe the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles mutiny, submitted its final report to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at his residence yesterday after 11 months of investigation.

Commission members said their probe pointed to a “deliberate move to weaken the military”.

At a press conference at the commission office, its chief Maj Gen (retd) ALM Fazlur Rahman said their inquiry had shed light on “why the massacre happened, who were involved, who destroyed evidence, who are liable, how it could have been prevented, why the military did not act, and how the plot was hatched”.

Maj Gen (retd) Fazlur Rahman is a former director general of the BDR.

He named Hasina, Taposh, former lawmakers Mirza Azam, Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Sheikh Selim, former home minister Sahara Khatun, former defence and security adviser to the prime minister Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former DGFI He

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