Jittery Pak instigated Bangla mutiny?

[cosmicone]

Source: Times of India

Top intelligence agencies, including those representing the western powers, now see a strong link among a series of significant developments in
Dhaka prior to the unprecedented BDR mutiny at its Pilkhana headquarters on February 25. The agencies suspect the whole episode was part of a Pakistani plot — helped by Bangladeshi collaborators — to fuel revolt in the armed forces for upstaging the Sheikh Hasina government.

Just nine days before armed BDR jawans went on the rampage, ruthlessly killing their superiors from the army, Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari had sent one of his emissaries — Zia Ispahani — to Dhaka to request Hasina not to open war criminal cases. This, expectedly, did not find much favour with the Bangladesh prime minister.

It may be recalled that soon after coming to power this time, the Awami League-led alliance had decided to prosecute war criminals responsible for killing and torturing thousands of people during the country's liberation war, 38 years ago. A similar initiative was called off after the 1975 political changeover that followed the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Jittery-Pak-instigated-Bangla-mutiny/articleshow/4269149.cms

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A little background:

Before the 1971 independence, West Pakistan's army had arrested a democratically elected Sheikh Mujib ur Rehman. The resulting protests in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) were ruthlessly suppressed by Pakistani General Yahya Khan. Several million bangladeshis were killed, tortured and raped by the West Pakistani army. Some 2-3 million refugees came to India and Senator Ted Kennedy visited the refugee camps and reported on the plight of the Bangladeshis. Then prime minister Indira Gandhi brought this to the attention of Nixon but Nixon-Kissinger were then kissing Yahya Khan's ass because he was their conduit to China. George HW Bush (then UN ambassador) even lied to the UNSC about Pakistani involvement in the ethnic cleansing attempt.

After some 16 months of this fiasco, Indian military liberated East Pakistan and Bangladesh was formed. 91,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered and were held as POWs by India. Sheikh Mujib ur Rehman became the prime minister of Bangladesh and immediately wanted war crimes trials of Pakistani military. He was assassinated and a new government brought to power which promptly suppressed the demand for war crimes trials.

The current PM, Sheikh Hasina belongs to the same Awami League party as Mujib ur Rehman and has wanted to start the process of war crimes trials again. Pakistan always violently reacts to any mention of such trials and wants to get off scott free for all the human rights abuses during that period.

Also see: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/South_Asia/Hasina_seeks_US_help_to_probe_BDR_conspiracy/articleshow/4210045.cms

and http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/South_Asia/Outsiders_in_uniform_behind_BDR_mutiny/articleshow/4225675.cms

[Kalyan]

1. too far fetched ...

I think this theory is too FAR-FETCHED. Pakistan, itself as a nation is a management disaster. Why would anyone else listen to them?

And to expect Bangla Rifles top officers to listen to Pak President and instigate a revolt is just too much wishful thinking. It needs to be proven that the top officers of Bangla Rifles were hand-in-glove with the Pak army in 1971. That's correct - that was 38 years ago. most of the officers in-charge then would either be dead or too old to appear in court.