HOW GOVEMENT TAKE DECISION TO ARRESTE THE BDR?

Police arrested highest number of 617 border guards in a single day yesterday from 11 districts for their alleged involvement in the February 25-26 mutiny at the BDR Peelkhana Headquarters, police sources said. The second highest 352 BDR jawans and junior officers were arrested from eight districts on May 14 on the same ground.With the yesterday's fresh arrest the total number of arrested jawans of BDR now stands at over 2,000.Meanwhile, Commerce Minister Lt Col (retd) Faruk Khan, who coordinates the investigation bodies, said yesterday that the coordination committee would receive reports from subcommittees with recommendations for restructuring the mutiny-ridden BDR with its "new name, uniform, rules and motto". The coordination committee would sit soon after receiving the reports and place them before the government for review after necessary scrutiny, he added.Faruk Khan questioned the veracity of newspaper reports on findings of the army probe report on BDR carnage, claiming that the media reports were based on speculations.Quoting the army probe report, a number of newspapers recently reported involvement of some Awami League lawmakers in the incident. On Mar 1, a treason case was filed with the Lalbagh Police Station accusing over 1,000 BDR men of their participation in the carnage in which 57 army officers from major general to captain lost their lives. The case was later transferred to the New Market police station. The arrested BDR men were charged with committing murder, loot and hiding bodies after desecration.