Staff Reporter:
Describing the 2009 Pilkhana killings as a deliberate attempt to weaken the Bangladesh Army and desta-bilize the country, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed assured the nation that justice would be ensured for one of the most heinous incidents in the world.
“I am assuring the nation and the martyrs’ families of ensuring justice,” he said.
The Home Minister made the remarks after laying wreaths at the Banani Military Graveyard in the capi-tal yesterday on the occasion of National Martyred Army Day, marking the anniversary of the 2009 Pilkhana carnage.
He said the government is committed to taking all necessary steps to prevent the recurrence of such a tragic incident in the future.
Responding to a question from journalists about the government’s position regarding a fresh investigation into the 2009 BDR carnage, the Home Minister clarified that no new commission would be formed.
Instead, he said, the government would implement the recommendations of the national independent commission that had been set up by the immediate past interim government to re-investigate the inci-dent.
“I made a remark earlier that we would form a commission to reinvestigate the BDR carnage without going through the report of the national independent commission formed during the interim government. Now I am correcting myself – we will not form any new commission. Rather, we will implement the recommendations of the commission in phases,” he said.
He added that the interim government had constituted the commission with competent and experienced individuals, and its findings would be given due importance.
Salahuddin, a Standing Committee Member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), stated that the commission had put forward 70 recommendations.
“We will implement all the recommendations in phases,” he said.
