FBI asked to look into international linkages.....................

The government has requested the FBI, whose second team has arrived in Dhaka, to help uncover international linkages, if any, to the February mutiny at Peelkhana, said the commerce minister Faruq Khan Wednesday.

"The second FBI team is here. We've requested them to help investigate the killings with special emphasis on suspected links of international organisations," said Khan, who is coordinating the probes into the mutiny.


Asked why international ties are being probed, the minister said, "One can't accept that so many army officers were killed just for a couple of kilogrammes of rice."

"The Peelkhana killings were done to wreak damage to the country's economy and the morale of the army. Many have been party to it."

Asked if 'anti-liberation forces' were involved, Khan said, "Please be patient, the probe reports will reveal everything."

Faruq Khan again called on fugitive BDR men to turn themselves in.

He also urged the public to help law enforcers nab suspected mutineers.

The commerce minister was speaking to reporters after attending an hour-long meeting with the Sri Lankan high commissioner in the morning.