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| Bangladesh |
| Stench spreads all around |
| 2009-03-01 |
| The relatives and family members of slain army officers had to apply alternative ways to identify the decomposed body of their near and dear ones, retrieved from three mass graves discovered at BDR headquarters yesterday, three days after the mutiny. Six of the bodies were identified as BDR DG Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed's wife Naznin Shakil Shiplu, Maj Mosharraf, Maj Hossain Sohel Shahnewaz, Maj Syed Mohammad Idris Iqbal, Maj Mahbub and Maj Mokbul. The rest bodies were kept at Dhaka Medical College Hospital's (DMCH) morgue where tissues of the bodies were colleted for DNA test. They could only identify six out of 10 bodies after recognising them by their various spots and other marks. Witnesses said the new three mass graves were discovered in a vegetable garden, western side of the garage set up for 13 battalion of BDR and about 50 metres away from Friday's mass grave found near the mortuary of BDR Hospital. Four bodies were retrieved from two mass graves each while two others, including the body of the DG's wife from another grave. Hands, legs and eyes of at least five bodies were tied with ropes in the graves while the body of the DG's wife was found wrapped up with a window cover of her residence. Abdur Rashid, deputy director of Fire Service and Civil Defence, said "After seeing flies which were flying around the graves and smelling stink, we dug soil and found the bodies." Kamrunnahar Lipi, wife of deceased Maj Mosharraf, his mother, sister and brother could not identify the decomposed body of their dear ones even after one and half an hour efforts. Maj Mosharraf's wife Lipi along with her four-year-old child was also held hostage inside Pilkhana and rescued on Thursday. Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed wife's body was identified by her relatives after they recognised her short hair and the window cover. Meanwhile, family members of slain Maj Syed Mohammad Idris Iqbal identified his body after recognising his feet at DMCH morgue after five hours of their frantic efforts while the body of Maj Hossain Sohel Shahnewaj was recognised with his teeth and a spot of the appendicitis operation. |
| Posted by:Fred |