Bangladesh suspects JMB links to BDR mutiny

Bangladesh suspects JMB links to BDR mutiny

Dhaka (PTI): The Bangladesh government on Thursday pointed fingers at the outlawed militant outfit JMB in connection with last month's mutiny in the paramilitary force BDR which killed 73 Army officers, even as sleuths from FBI and Scotland Yard joined the probe to look for the masterminds behind the bloody revolt.

"Not all BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) men were involved (in the mutiny) ... and some JMB (Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh) links have been found," Commerce Minister Lt Col (Retd) Faruq Khan told reporters here.

Mr. Khan, who heads a high-power committee to coordinate the foreign and local investigations into the February 25-26 carnage at the BDR headquarters here, did not elaborate on the suspected militant links.

However, he said a "dangerous conspiracy is going on to destroy the development of the country". An official familiar with the investigation, meanwhile, told PTI preferring anonymity that they found clues of past links of several of the suspected BDR rebels in custody with the JMB.

Their comments came as US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and British Scotland Yard joined hands with Bangladeshi investigators to probe the 33-hour mutiny.