Former Bangladesh Army Chief General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan testified before International Crimes Tribunal-1, alleging that officers sent from the army to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) returned as professional killers. He made the statement on Sunday before a two-member judicial panel led by Justice Md. Golam Mortuza Mojumdar, during testimony against Ziaul Ahsan in a case involving the disappearance and killing of over a hundred people.
In his deposition, Bhuiyan said he was deeply disturbed that professional officers from the army were turning into killers after serving in RAB. He introduced interviews for officers before and after postings to RAB, DGFI, and BGB, and tried to motivate them by emphasizing that killing was a grave sin. He also recounted that after hearing horrifying accounts of killings from returning officers, he became concerned about the army’s future and appealed to the Prime Minister to bring army officers back from RAB. The Prime Minister reportedly acknowledged RAB was worse than the former Rakkhi Bahini but took no further action.
Bhuiyan added that he encouraged officers to contact him directly if ordered to join any killing mission, promising honorable reinstatement in the army.
স্টাফ রিপোর্টার প্রকাশ : ০৮ ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০২৬, ২১: ০১ স্টাফ রিপোর্টার সেনাবাহিনী থেকে র্যাবে পেশাদার অফিসার পাঠানো হলে তারা পেশাদার খুনি হয়ে ফেরত আসতেন বলে জবানবন্দিতে দাবি করেছেন সাবেক সেনাপ্রধান জেনারেল ইকবাল করিম ভূঁইয়া। রোববার আন্তর্জাতিক অপরাধ ট
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