Govt extends tenure of investigation commission on BDR carnage

The government has extended the tenure of the National Independent Investigation Commission, which has been formed to reinvestigate the 2009 BDR carnage, till 7 December.

The Cabinet Division issued a notification in this regard on Wednesday.

The interim government formed the independent commission on 24 December last year with retired Major General ALM Fazlur Rahman as its chairman.

Initially, the commission was given three months to submit its report.

The tenure was later extended twice, each time by three months, followed by an additional two-month extension.

The latest extension expired on 30 November.

According to the new notification, the seven-day extension will take effect from 1 December.

The commission has been tasked with unearth the nature and full extent of the events that took place on 25–26 February 2009 at the then BDR headquarters in Pilkhana.

The commission has been asked to identify those involved including perpetrators, accomplices, conspirators, evidence destroyers, instigators and any domestic or foreign individuals, groups, organisations, agencies, or institutions linked to the killings.

The commission submitted its report to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on 30 November.