FBI likely to investigate BDR carnage

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is expected to help Bangladesh in forensic investigation into the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) carnage.

“I believe the FBI has agreed to do that (investigation into the BDR carnage),”Acting Deputy State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid told a regular press briefing in Washington Tuesday.

The confirmation come as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on March 1 sought the FBI assistance during the telephone conversation with US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher.

Boucher spoke on behalf of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and offered the assistance.

Gordon Duguid told the briefing in Washington that they have received a request from the Bangladesh government for the FBI help in forensic investigation into the mutiny.

Duguid, however, could not give further details about when, where and how the FBI will work.