Tuesday 21 June 2011

PRESSCUTTING -THE DAILY STAR


Metropolitan
BDR Massacre

Lt Col Abu Musa Kaiser Ahmed, who was killed during the BDR massacre at the headquarters of the border guards in the city, was laid to rest with state honour at his family graveyard at Bhara Muhuri at Chakaria in Cox's Bazar yesterday.

General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 24 Division of Bangladesh Army Maj Gen Shamim Ahmed, Brig Gen Fazlur Rashid Mridha, Brig Gen Badrul, Deputy Commissioner of Cox's Bazar Manzurul Alam Bhuiyan, Police Super Matiur Rahman Sheikh and Chakaria Upazila Nirbahi Officer Quamrul Hasan were also present.

Earlier, the body of Lt Col Kaiser, officer-in-charge of construction BDR HQ, was flown to his village home at around 10:30am.

He left behind his wife Musrat Jahan and two daughters Karisa Musrat, a class ten student of Viqarunnisa Noon School, and two and half year-old Shaika.

Numb with grief, they demanded exemplary punishment to the persons responsible.

The Qulkhwani of Lt Col Kaiser will be held at their village home on Thursday noon, his brother Md Enamul Haq told The Daily Star.

Meanwhile, Old Faujians Association (OFA), Chittagong Chapter held a doa mahfil at its Nasirabad office in the port city praying for the salvation of the departed soul of Lt Col Kaiser, also a member of OFA.

OFA, an association of the former cadets of Faujdarhat Cadet College (FCC), have decided to provide the families of the victim Old Faujians of the BDR massacre with Tk one lakh each.

The bodies of two other Old Faujians - Lt Colonel Enshad and Major Mahmudul Hasan have already been recovered while Major Shahriar and Major Nazmul are still missing, said General Secretary of OFA Chittagong Chapter Dr Mesbahuddin Ahmed.

FCC Principal Lt Col Ahsan, also a course mate of Lt Col Kaiser (8th BMA Long Course), and fellow Faujians Sohail Mohammad Sakur, Md Abdul Halim Mashuk and Mohaimenul Haq were present.

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