DHAKA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Bangladeshi rescue team is searching for the army officers who have been missing after the revolt incident staged by paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) at the BDR headquarters here on Wednesday.
About 2,000 members from the Army, Police, Rapid Action Battalion and Fire Brigade are searching inch by inch in the BDR headquarters, trying to find all the bodies of army officers who were killed in the revolt.
Fire Service and Civil Defence Director General Abu Nayeem Md. Shahidullah told Xinhua on Saturday at the BDR headquarters that they found three mass graves on Saturday morning, and recovered 10bodies including 9 army officer's and BDR chief Shakil Ahmed's wife's.
Shakil Ahmed was also killed in the revolt and his body was recovered on Friday.
Shahidullah said they are searching all the corners at the headquarters in order to find the bodies of the missing army officers.
According to an unofficial figure, around 40-50 army officers are still missing.
Thousands of BDR soldiers staged revolt against their army officers on Wednesday morning over salary and other benefits.
The revolt came to an end on Thursday evening after a series of talks between the rebel soldiers and government officials.
The army personnel were seen Saturday searching in the grass and the fire fighters were seen opening all the well covers to check if there is any sign of bodies.
One rescue group even managed to remove a heavy cement slab to check if there are bodies buried underground. They searched, but found no trace of bodies.
Abu syed Golam, a retired Air Force officer, was looking for his son who is a major at BDR headquarters.
Abu hasn't got any information of his son since he left home for BDR headquarters on Wednesday morning.
"He must have been killed by the rebel soldiers," he said, adding "I was shocked by the killing of the rebel soldiers. It is so heinous and barbarous."
Abu was satisfied with the rescue work. He hoped to find his son soon.
The death toll of the revolt has risen to 81 on Saturday with the 10 new recovered bodies. Most of the victims are BDR army officers, the rest including family members of the army officers, rebel soldiers and civilians.
The Bangladeshi government Friday announced a 3-day national mourning from Friday to Sunday to mourn the revolt victims.
The government Friday also decided that all the slain army officers will be buried with state honor.
BDR, whose main task is to protect the country's borders, is under Home Minister, but its senior officers are all from the Army. Many BDR soldiers complained they have been ignored and repressed by their army officers for a long time.
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