Govt dismisses 7 army officers
Dhaka, Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 3:49amThe government has recently dismissed seven officers of the Bangladesh Army without showing any reasons.
The dismissed officers include a brigadier general, three lieutenant colonels, a major and two captains. Six of the seven were dismissed on June 7 and the other, the brigadier general, on June 23.
The six dismissed on June 7 were lieutenant colonels Shamsul Islam, Mahdi Nasrullah Shahir and Md Shafiul Haque Chowdury, major Mahsinul Karim, and captains AKM Annur Hossain and Habiba Islam.
The sources in the government told New Age on Tuesday the six officers were among those who had raised questions in a Dhaka cantonment durbar, attended by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on March 1, about the performances of the government in facing the February 25-26 rebellion in the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Dhaka.
The reason for dismissal of brigadier general Abdullahil Azmi could not be known immediately. He, however, happens to be son of former Jamaat-e-Islami amir Golam Azam.
Unhappy about the government's handling the soldiers' rebellion in the BDR headquarters in which 57 officers killed, the emotionally charged officers, now dismissed, asserted that so many officers would not have been killed if the government had opted for a military assault on the revolting BDR soldiers, instead of deciding a 'political negotiation' with the errant soldiers.
The previous chief of staff, General Moeen U Ahmed, who had reportedly approved the government idea of 'political negotiation', was present at the durbar, but did not take the responsibility before the wailing as well as agitated officers that day.
The general, on the other hand, was aware of the list of the officers who would speak to the prime minister during the durbar. A source close to a dismissed officer, talking with New Age, claimed that even it was General Moeen who suggested that a female officer should also be there to speak out and thus came the name of Captain Habiba Islam. Again, the officers lost their jobs unceremoniously when General Moeen was commanding the army. Moeen went into retirement on June 15.
General Moeen could not be contacted for comments.
Some of the dismissed officers had, however, complained to the prime minister, as was heard from the conversation released by some quarters on You Tube, the officers were being promoted in the army on political considerations under different political regimes and urged her to resume the practice of promoting them on the basis of their talent and competence.
- New Age
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Comments
There is a difference between Army officer and garments workers
That's right, Army Officers cant behave like roudy garments workers or labourers. They have to obey the rules and should be disciplined.
We never heard that, Army officers shouted ilike this against killing of any national leaders. What happened to their contitutional obligation then!!!What happened to their courage and moral obligation then!!!
Azmi should be sacked long ago
Azmi was sacked not because he is the son of Golam Azam but for distributing electronic leaflefts to agitate army officers. His sacking was long overdue.
Justice will be served to Hasina and her Gang...........
That is how Freedom fighter maj.Dalim ( Beer protik) was dismissed from Army, just because he raised his voice in front of mujib as protest of his wife's abuse by mujib's cadres.
It did not saved Mujib. Mujib did not served justice but in the middle of the night justice was served to Mujib.
samething will happen to Hasina.