A Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) member died yesterday at Pilkhana and seven other BDR personnel with 'various diseases' were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). The BDR man who died was identified as Sepoy Monir Hossain, 32.
Earlier, two BDR members allegedly committed suicide -- one at Pilkhana and the other at Joypurhat BDR barracks-- while the pesh imam of BDR headquarters mosque died of a cardiac arrest during interrogation over the carnage and mutiny at Pilkhana.
"Cheez, Chaudry, a little easier with that truncheon next time!"
"Yes sir, sorry sir."
"That's a number seven! You can't swing it like you do a number six!" |
The seven BDR personnel admitted to the DMCH yesterday are Nayek Mohammad Selim Abedin, 42, Subedar Abdul Karim, 53, Sepoy Lal Miah, 35, Sepoy Abdullah Al Mamun, 35, Nayek Matiur Rahman, 56, driver Kabiruddin, 55, and cook Abdul Hakim, 50.
They are undergoing treatment for 'various diseases', hospital sources said.
| Fractures, bruises, sucking chest wounds ... |
Some army personnel rushed Monir Hossain, Matiur Rahman and Abdullah Al Mamun to the DMCH, where doctors declared Monir dead at about 4:30pm, the sources mentioned.
Earlier, police had rushed the five other BDR men to the hospital at about 12:30pm
DMCH officials quoted army personnel who rushed Monir to the hospital as saying Monir fell down on the ground all of a sudden and lost consciousness.
| Fell down the stairs again? |
On Sunday, BDR member Waheduzzaman, 38, of Joypurhat 3 Battalion committed suicide at the barracks of the battalion.
| Jumped off the toilet with the shower curtain wrapped around his neck ... |
Joypurhat police said BDR men found Waheduzzaman hanging from the ceiling of their bathroom after breaking open its door. Police however could not ascertain the motive behind the suicide.
| No, no, certainly not, he'd been arrested and 'questioned' by the RAB ... |
Besides, Nayek Subedar Mozammel Haq, 45, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a bathroom at the BDR 44 Battalion building at Pilkhana headquarters on March 9.
On March 11, Pesh Imam of the BDR central mosque Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman, who was a witness to the carnage at Pilkhana, died at the DMCH. He was admitted to the hospital following a cardiac arrest during interrogation, said his son Mohammad Naim.
| This is assuming he had a heart, of course ... |
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