Govt to form new commission to reinvestigate 2009 BDR mutiny: Salahuddin
“It is part of our commitment and also included in our manifesto,” he told reporters at a press briefing at the Secretariat.
The government has decided to form a new commission to reinvestigate the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny in Pilkhana, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said today (23 February).
"It is part of our commitment and also included in our manifesto," he told reporters at a press briefing at the Secretariat following a meeting with heads of various departments and agencies under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The government will either carry out a detailed reinvestigation or act based on the findings of the commission's report, he added, stressing that it is committed to ensuring justice.
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The home minister also said that many "harassment cases" had been filed after 5 August 2024, causing suffering for numerous individuals, including businessmen and prominent members of society.
"Police have been instructed to review such cases and submit reports so that innocent people are not subjected to unnecessary harassment," he said.
Salahuddin said improving the country's law-and-order situation and restoring public confidence remain the government's top priorities.
He added that "mob culture" would not be tolerated and warned that authorities would respond strictly to any such incidents.
"The era of creating mobs to block highways or roads to press demands is over. Any legitimate demand must be presented through lawful means – by submitting memoranda, holding rallies, assemblies, or going to court," he said.
During the meeting, directives were issued to police superintendents not to provide protocol privileges to any individual outside legal provisions for political reasons. Other decisions taken in the meeting include recruiting 2,701 constables to fill vacant posts and investigating whether any identity fraud occurred in past constable recruitments.
Transfers of officers-in-charge of police stations that were previously carried out through a lottery system ahead of national elections will now be reassessed, with new postings to be made based on merit and competence, the home minister said, claiming that the earlier process under the interim government lacked transparency.
He also said that firearms licences issued during the previous government's tenure will be re-verified and scrutinised.
