The Bangladesh Rifles on Tuesday published a list of 25 soldiers who have been absconding since the bloody February mutiny in the Pilkhana. The number of absconding soldiers was much higher, but many of them have either been arrested or have surrendered by this time, commerce minister Mohammad Faruk Khan, also the coordinator of three investigation committees probing the BDR rebellion, told reporters on Tuesday.Lists of the absconders along with their photographs have been sent to police stations, airports and border outposts, said the minister, adding that many of them were involved in the massacre in the Pilkhana.
The government had earlier announced a bounty of Tk 50,000 for the arrest of each of the absconding soldiers, which still remains in force, he added.