Amid internal tension in the Bangladesh Army and external pressure to weaken the force, the pro-Jamaat faction of the army is implementing a sinister plan of Pakistanโs ISI, styled “October Revolt,” to assassinate General Waker-Uz-Zaman, arrest the pro-Awami League military officers and overthrow the Muhammad Yunus-led administration this October.
National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman is coordinating the plan using three top army officers: Lieutenant General Kamrul Hasan, the Principal Staff Officer to the Chief Adviser; Lieutenant General Faizur Rahman, the Quarter Master General (QMG); and Major General Asadul Haque, the newly transferred GOC of the 9th Infantry Division and Area Commander of Savar.
The retirement of Major General Moin Khan on August 21 paved the way for the pro-Pakistan bloc to establish supremacy in the Bangladesh Army and the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI).
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Sources say Army Chief Gen Waker had requested Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to extend Moinโs tenure as the GOC of the 9th Infantry Division, but the file was left in the shelf for over a month at the instruction of Lt Gen Kamrul and Adviser Khalilur.
With Maj. Gen. Asadul holding the fort in Savar, the Jamaat-ISI blueprint becomes an easy task, under which they plan to assassinate General Waker, overthrow Muhammad Yunus, install a pro-Pakistani caretaker government of civil society leaders, jurists and former military officials, before launching a crackdown on the BNP in the second phase.
Preparations for the crackdown have already begunโfrom using the media to portray the BNP negatively to making a wanted list of 3,800 leaders and activists, who will be shown as extortionists and terrorists. During the arrests, the joint forces will make claims of recovering a huge stash of arms, ammunition and explosives and label the BNP as a terrorist party to create grounds for banning it.
The Special Branch of the Police has prepared the list, which also includes some top leaders of the BNP who are against forging a tie with Jamaat-e-Islami.
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Following the arrests, the Jamaat nexus will suspend the February elections and implement the ISI blueprint of establishing the Islamic Revolutionary Army (IRA) and preparing suicide squads with jihadists of Ansar al-Islam, Rohingyas and stranded Pakistanis.
Apart from serving military officers, this nexus has three former officers as its key patrons in the second tier: former army chief General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, former DGFI chief Maj Gen (Retd.) Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury, and war criminal Ghulam Azamโs son, Brig. Gen. (Retd.) Abdullahil Amaan Azmi.
The third tier includes some former officers in the middle: Brig. Gen. (Retd.) Mohammad Hassan Nasir, Lt. Col. (Retd.) Hasinur Rahman, al-Qaeda operative Major (expelled) Syed Ziaul Haque, Major (Retd.) Sumon Ahmed, and Lieutenant SKSM Abrar Intisar Inzamam.
Since the fall of the Awami League government last year, Lt. Gen. Kamrul and Lt. Gen. Faizur have travelled to Pakistan several times, and they have been working closely together with the ISI, which has already opened an office at Mohakhali DOHS.
On the other hand, militant groups of Bangladesh and Pakistan have sat together to launch armed operations when the army comes under the full control of the Jamaat-ISI bloc.
Moreover, the Yunus regime has eased restrictions on Pakistani ships. Sources say at least 1,00,000 arms and 3,000 kgs of cocaine have arrived in Bangladesh under the guise of trade since last August.
In August, ahead of the high-profile visit of Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan, Lt. Gen. Faizur visited Islamabad to meet with Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and ISI chief Lt. Gen. Asim Malik. They discussed the fate of General Waker and how to consolidate power, reunite Pakistan, and tackle possible Indian intervention.
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