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A committee acceptable up to analyse a convulsive mutiny that saw dozens of elder service officers massacred 16 years agone connected Sunday (November 30, 2025) said erstwhile premier Sheikh Hasina had ordered the killings.
Rampaging troops from the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) murdered 74 people, including subject officers, during the two-day revolt that began successful Dhaka and dispersed crossed the state successful 2009, destabilising the authorities of then-premier Ms. Hasina, weeks aft she took office.
After Ms. Hasina was ousted past twelvemonth pursuing a student-led uprising, the interim authorities led by Muhammad Yunus formed a committee to analyse the incident.
Ms. Hasina, 78, has since sought refuge successful India, defying tribunal orders that she instrumentality to Bangladesh.
According to the commission’s study submitted connected Sunday (November 30, 2025), the then-Awami League authorities led by Ms. Hasina was straight progressive successful the mutiny.
Former subordinate of parliament Fazle Noor Taposh acted arsenic the “principal coordinator” and astatine the behest of Ms. Hasina who gave the “green signal” to transportation retired the killings, the government’s property bureau said, quoting the committee chief, A.L.M. Fazlur Rahman.
“The engagement of a overseas unit was powerfully evident successful the investigation,” the connection added.
At a quality league aboriginal successful the day, Mr. Rahman accused India of trying to destabilise the state and “weaken the Bangladesh Army” pursuing the carnage.
“There had been a conspiracy brewing for a agelong clip to weaken Bangladesh’s forces,” Mr. Rahman said.
There was nary contiguous effect from India implicit the accusation.
India’s enactment for Ms. Hasina has frayed relations betwixt the 2 neighbours since her overthrow.
Yunus welcomed the commission’s report, saying the federation had agelong remained successful the acheronian astir the reasons down the 2009 killings.
“Through the committee report, the information has yet been revealed,” helium said.
A erstwhile probe into the mutiny blamed years of pent-up choler among soldiers, who felt their appeals for wage rises and amended attraction were ignored.
But that probe was carried retired during Ms. Hasina’s tenure, and her opponents claimed her engagement successful a conspiracy to orchestrate the mutiny successful bid to weaken the subject and bolster her ain power.
