Five Bangladesh Army officers have been placed under house arrest for their role during the student revolt in July last year. North East News has given this information in its report. Sheikh Hasina had to step down as Prime Minister in August last year after the July student revolt.
After this, she fled from Dhaka and came to India. The house arrest of military officers has come at a time when Bangladesh Army Chief General Waqar Uz Zaman is on a visit to Russia. This incident has increased the interest towards Dhaka.
According to the report, the five senior Bangladesh Army officials who have been detained at the Dhaka Cantonment include two brigadiers, a colonel, a lieutenant colonel and a major. The military officials were confined to their official residences on April 5. Bangladesh’s interim government has not publicly revealed the identities of the five officials.