Editorial
One year since the carnage
The nation awaits completion of trial and BDR reorganisation
FEBRUARY 25 saddens us greatly, as it brings back memories of 75 persons including 57 army officers, having been killed under most unfortunate circumstances at the BDR Headquarters just a year ago. It was a rude shock for all of us, leaving the whole nation numbed with a sense of inconsolable grief. The slain officers were unarmed and killed in the line of duty. Even their families were not spared as the mutineers engaged in a frenzied, brutal action.
A fair and speedy trial of the killers is what everybody demanded. The trial has begun and it is expected that justice will be meted out to all. One cannot be oblivious of the fact that national security was badly compromised when the border sentinels attacked the army officers.
The government on that fateful day was faced with the uphill task of disarming the mutineers while keeping the casualties at a minimum.
It is the very nature of the crime committed at the BDR Headquarters that gave rise to so many questions in the public mind. A sense of insecurity and helplessness prevailed for quite some time as the news came that the army officers had been gunned down. It cast an ominous shadow over the nation as people began to think about national security.
The nation is determined to see that such a breakdown of discipline and frenzied killing never happen again. The need of the hour is to reorganise the BDR with a view to making it fully functional, disciplined and capable of accomplishing the task assigned to it. Simultaneously, we believe the intelligence services are being reorganised.
Ideas have been floated as to how best the border security forces can be reorganised. Obviously, the para-military force patrolling our borders should be restructured on the basis of a model suited to our needs.
A fair trial will bring some solace to the families of the victims, although their losses are irreparable. Importantly, it will validate once again the old saying that crime does not pay.
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