The new intelligence agency will work as an independent body and its members will not be transferred to the operation battalions.
Bangladesh's paramilitary BDR, which witnessed a bloody mutiny last year, is set to establish a new full-fledged intelligence agency with three wings comprising 67 officers, in a bid to unearth any possible unrest within the border force.
The three wings of the intelligence agency would be the Border Security Bureau (BSB), Regional Intelligence Bureau (RIB) and Unit Intelligence Branch (UIB), the 'Daily Star' reported today.
About 67 officers will lead the three wings with the help of about 2,700 members. 20% of the officers will be recruited from among the civilians while 30% from retired army officers and the rest 50% from serving army officers.
A Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) official involved with the matter said that BSB will have 765 members to be headed by a Colonel. The RIB will work in all the seven divisions and UIB in each BDR battalion under the leadership of a Brigadier General and a Major respectively.
One unit of RIB will be constituted with 125 members, while a unit of UIB will have 25 members, he said.
The head office of the BDR intelligence agency will be set up in the capital outside the paramilitary force's Pilkhana headquarters.
Earlier, BDR authorities dissolved the Rifles Security Unit (RSU) following its failure to give any indications about last year's mutiny in the border force. There was no civil officer in it.
BDR sources said a process to recruit officers from retired army personnel has begun recently. The record wing of the army has proposed a number of names after evaluating their records, they said, adding that the selected officers will be given training before their joining.
"The new intelligence agency will work as an independent
body and its members will not be transferred to the operation
battalions," said an official, adding that the members can be
re-assigned within the three wings.
It will unearth any possible unrest in the force and inform the authorities immediately. Also, it will give necessary suggestions after detecting any corruption or irregularities as well as subversive and destructive activities against the country, says the organogram of the intelligence agency.
The three wings of the agency will submit daily intelligence reports, which will be evaluated regularly by the higher authorities.
Over 70 people, 57 of them army officers deputed to the border force, were killed during the mutiny on February 25-26 last year.
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