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Islamist link to foiled anti-India coup plot in Bangladesh?

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Islamist link to foiled anti-India coup plot in Bangladesh?

In what sent shockwaves in both Bangladesh and the Indian security establishment, the army in India's neighbouring state claimed to have foiled an attempt by some of its officers, apparently driven by religious considerations, to overthrow Sheikh Hasina's government.

Government sources here confirmed that those held for the attempted coup were "anti-India'' and wanted to undo the changes effected by the Hasina government last year in the Constitution to make it more secular.

Indian agencies have had inputs about a possible coup in Bangladesh for the past few days.

While two retired officers, Lt Col Ehsan Yusuf and Major Zakir, have been arrested, some of the main conspirators are believed to be based abroad, said agency reports from Bangladesh. They are said to have links with the 2009 mutiny, only two months after Hasina took over, by Bangladesh Rifles which first exposed the stray extremist elements in the army.

Brig Gen Muhammed Masud Razzaq told a press conference in Dhaka on Thursday that the military had specific evidence that up to 16 current and former Bangladeshi officers were involved in the conspiracy, said an AP report.

The foiled coup bid in Bangladesh which came to light on Thursday is worrying for India as it has again brought to light simmering discontent among the Islamists against the friendly Sheikh Hasina government. India not only managed to sign a landmark agreement for complete demarcation of the land boundary last year but, under Hasina, Dhaka has also tried to ensure that its territory is not used to carry out terror strikes against New Delhi.

"Stringent legal measures will be taken against persons involved in the conspiracy after proper investigations," Brig Gen Muhammed Masud Razzaq told a press conference in Dhaka on Thursday. "Banking on the army in the past, different evil forces availed political gains and made abortive attempts to do so but as an institution, military still has to bear the stigma," he added.

Razzak told reporters that "some unruly and derailed military officers have been actively engaged in the execution of the heinous conspiracy through maintaining contacts with fugitive Maj Zia (Syed Mohammad Ziaul Huq) by mobile phones and internet". He said the initial investigations found non-resident Bangladeshis' (NRB) link to the plot while at least one of the officers, the fugitive major, was linked to banned Islamist group Hizbut Tahrir. Brigadier Razzak said that 14 to 16 officers were under vigil as investigations were underway on the suspected involvement while the detained two former officers "bluntly admitted their role in the plot".

Hasina had banned Islamic militant groups after taking office in 2009 and has warned in recent speeches that such groups are "conspiring against her elected government. Bangladesh, a parliamentary democracy since 1990, has witnessed two presidents slain in military coups and 19 other failed coup attempts.

Hasina's father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated in the country's first military coup in 1975.

Growing bonhomie

India and Bangladesh last year signed a landmark agreement, paving the way for complete demarcation of land boundary and also managed to resolve the vexed issue of enclaves

There is greater trade and investment, with India too being more generous with tariffs

The sore point remains the Teesta river agreement that has failed to materialize because of opposition from West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee.

BSF formally handed over a list of 46 Indian insurgent camps in Bangladesh to Dhaka and security agencies maintain that Bangladesh has been positive in addressing India's security concerns

Hasina expressed her government's readiness to set up power plants in India's north-east and boost trade with India, Nepal and Bhutan

Hasina announced Bangladesh would allow India to use Chittagong and Mongla sea ports as it wanted to improve all types of communication facilities

Read the Comments of Indians - Islamist link to foiled anti-India coup plot in Bangladesh? - The Times of India
 
BD is going to become an stable democracy. These kind of incident must be taken care...

I think the reason behind it
1. The judgement of 71 war crime is near, so the ppl who may face heat of it are trying to take control of govt.
2. There are few pro pakistani element left in BD who want it to be Islamic rather than secular BD.
 
Hasina is ready to lease out Bangladesh to her Indian masters and she is prepared to become a chief minister under New Delhi's administration. She has betrayed with Bangladeshi people. God will soon punish her and other Indian slaves inside Bangladesh.
 
BD is going to become an stable democracy. These kind of incident must be taken care...

I think the reason behind it
1. The judgement of 71 war crime is near, so the ppl who may face heat of it are trying to take control of govt.
2. There are few pro pakistani element left in BD who want it to be Islamic rather than secular BD.

There never was any coup attempt.
 
This coup attempt was nothing but an exaggerated propaganda, few officers going rogue thats all. Hope these officers face the firing squad for such treason.
 

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