Sacked BDR members block Shahbagh intersection

Families of former Bangladesh Rifles soldiers (BDR), dismissed and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre, have blocked Shahbagh intersection in the capital.

Putting barricades on the roads, they started their ‘Shahbagh Blockade’ program around 1:00 pm on Thursday (January 9).

The demands of the protesters include – all prisoners in the Pilkhana murder case should be released, and the dismissed soldiers should be reinstated and rehabilitated.

Former BDR member Md Ramiz Uddin said that the army officers were killed as part of the blueprint of the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2009. At the same time, BDR members were systematically used. The BDR members should be given bail in the explosive case. We will not leave Shahbagh until our demands are met.