Home Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said the 2009 BDR mutiny will be reinvestigated within a short period of time.
The adviser, however, could not ensure whether a commission will be formed to investigate the BDR carnage.
"An investigation team will be formed very soon," the home adviser came up with comments in responding to a question from reporters after a visit to the Border Guard Bangladesh headquarters in Pilkhana.
Replying to another question he said law and order in the country has improved slightly but it is not satisfactory yet and more improvement is needed.
"You know the government has changed almost all police personnel in Dhaka. The new police personnel will take time to learn the alleys and lanes and make a network," he added.
The adviser said no criminals will be spared, no matter how powerful they are, though many influential criminals were spared before.
Regarding the BGB, he suggested the frontier battalion maintain a cordial relationship with people who can help them in several ways.
About the influx of drugs, he strictly instructed the BGB to strengthen vigilance to check the smuggling of phensedyl and other drugs through borders.
Acknowledging the intrusion of some Rohingyas recently, the advisers said they will be sent back as the number of Rohingyas has already reached around 1.3 million.
Earlier, he held a meeting with senior officials and others at the BGB headquarters. BGB chief Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui was also present.
Meanwhile, the interim government has appointed 20 special public prosecutors (PPs) to carry out the legal battle on behalf of the state in an Explosive Substances Act case filed with Lalbagh Police Station over the 2009 BDR mutiny.
The solicitor wing of the Law and Justice Division issued a notification in this regard on November 3.
The 20 newly appointed special public prosecutors are- Md Borhan Uddin, Forhad Niyon, Zakir Hossain Bhuiyan, Mst Robhana Nasrin Shefali, Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, Md Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Md Shafiul Boshor Sajal, Golam Moktadir Uzzal, Hannan Bhuiyan, Md Abdul Latif, Md Mehedi Hasan Jewel, Gazi Mashkurul Alam Sourabh, Md Helel Uddin, Md Zillur Rahman, Md Mahfujur Rahman Ilias, Md Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, Md Mehebub Hossain, Md Mizanur Rahman Shihab, Md Khurshid Alam and Ajgar Hossain.
Of the twenty, Md Borhan Uddin will enjoy the status and other benefits of an additional attorney general, Forhad Niyon, Zakir Hossain Bhuiyan will enjoy the status and other benefits of a deputy attorney general and the remaining 17 special public prosecutors will enjoy the status and other benefits of assistant attorney generals.
Earlier on September 9, the government cancelled the appointment of 17 special public prosecutors (PPs) in the case.
On 25-26 February 2009, a mutiny in the then Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) left 74 people, including 57 army officers, dead at the Pilkhana headquarters.
On 5 November 2013, a Dhaka court handed down death sentences to 150 BDR members and two civilians and life imprisonment to 160 others in the case.
On 27 November 2017, the High Court confirmed the death penalty for 139 out of 152 accused.
Following the heinous killings of the army officers at Pilkhana, the government renamed the mutiny-hit paramilitary force BDR as the Border Guard Bangladesh, changing its logo as well as uniform.
