BDR Director General unhurt: Rebel soldier

Dhaka, Feb 26 (PTI) Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Director
General Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed, who has been taken hostage by
renegade soldiers, is reported to be unhurt and safe inside
the headquarters of the border force here.

"It is a lie that he is injured. We did not hurt him at
all," a mutinying soldier told private ATN Bangla channel from
inside the BDR headquarters in Pilkhana area in the heart of
the capital city.

But, the soldier confirmed that the BDR chief had been
held hostage inside the complex and that he was safe.

"We took him hostage after we came under attack," he
said as reports suggested earlier that the BDR Director
General was injured in the fighting. PTI AR