BNP standing committee member Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed said on Tuesday, "We hope that mystery of involvement of the then government and foreign agencies with the 2009 BDR mutiny will be unveiled as the interim government has taken an initiative to re-investigate the carnage."
Speaking at a press conference at BNP Chairperson's Gulshan office he said, "We strongly believe the mystery of killing will be uncovered." Hafizuddin said, "Killing of army officers is a heartbreaking incident. It was carried out as per a far-reaching plan to make Bangladesh a subservient and failed state by destroying moral strength of Army."
He said BNP wrote a letter to the interim government over the carnage and sought an inquiry commission to be constituted.
Hafizuddin said, "We are pleased and extending thanks to interim government as it acted quickly in this regard."
"If they form a commission and special tribunal, we hope this issue will be resolved quickly," he added. Hafizuddin hoped that the interim government will investigate the incident impartially.
Hafizuddin said, "Sheikh Hasina's family members and other Awami League's top leaders were involved in the BDR carnage. That is why activities of Sheikh Hasina's following this carnage were very mysterious."
He said the people think that the then prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former Army Chief Moeen U Ahmed, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Mirza Azam, Hasanul Haq Inu, Sahara Khatun and many other AL leaders and Sheikh Hasina's close relatives were involved in this carnage.
He said that, a meeting was held at the residence of local AL leader and Ward councilor Torab Ali on February 22, 2009 just three days before the carnage. AL top leaders were present there and plans were made on how the mutiny and the carnage would be carried out.
Hafizuddin said that it still remains a mystery whether the then government and foreign powers were involved in the carnage.
He said the report of the then quartermaster general of Bangladesh Army and current Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury-led inquiry commission, formed by the Bangladesh Army, didn't see light as well.
