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| 3 grenades, ammo found in BDR HQ |
| 2009-04-02 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Army and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) personnel yesterday recovered three more hand grenades and over 100 ammunition from quarters of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) members at their Pilkhana headquarters. Beside, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members recovered the mobile phones of BDR director general Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed and Lt Col Badrul, both killed in the carnage. A senior Rab official said the sets were recovered from the possession of the wife of BDR jawan Akhter who was arrested earlier. He said the Rab members recovered two more mobile phones from her possession, owners of which could not be confirmed. CID investigators yesterday interrogated 40 more BDR jawans on their suspected involvement in the mutiny and carnage, and recorded statements of eight other BDR members as witnesses to the incidents. They also quizzed around 25 people, who live in the areas around Pilkhana, to gather information on how the mutineers and other BDR men fled with arms and ammunition. CID yesterday showed 'arrested' 19 BDR men and two outsiders, and took 13 BDR members on remand for various periods. With the arrest of 21 yesterday, the number of arrestees rose to 821 so far. Contacted, CID Assistant Superintendent of Police Fazlul Kabir said, "The hand grenades and ammunition were found during search at different quarters of BDR personnel." According to sources, CID investigators are also trying to detect those who brought out processions in support of the mutineers. The two outsiders arrested yesterday are Mohammad Suman, 28, and Delwar Hossain, 44, from Hazaribagh area. They were arrested under Section 54 of the Criminal Procedure on charge of campaigning in the area in favour of the mutineers. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Grenades and ammo, eh? If I was of a suspicious turn of mind, I'd be a'thinking them BDR boys was up to no good. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-04-02 23:29 |