The government has extended the tenure of the National Independent Investigation Commission, tasked with reinvestigating the 2009 BDR mutiny, for a second time.
According to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Monday, the commission's term has been extended until 30 September. The extension takes effect from Tuesday.
The commission, headed by retired Major General ALM Fazlur Rahman, was first formed on December 24 last year and initially given three months to complete its investigation. Its tenure was later extended by another three months before this latest extension.
The commission has been assigned to re-examine the events of February 25–26 in 2009, when a deadly mutiny took place at the BDR (now BGB) headquarters in Pilkhana and resulted in the deaths of 74 people, including 57 army officers.
The commission's mandate includes uncovering the full nature of the incident, identifying those responsible, and investigating individuals, groups, or institutions involved in the killings, conspiracy, evidence destruction, and incitement.
