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nothing to stop the soldiers from killing Khaled
Mosharraf. An eyewitness claimed that Captain Asad and Captain Jalil ordered their troops to kill the three officers. Khaled Mosharraf and Nazmul Huda were dragged out of an office and killed by automatic gunfire, while A.T.M. Haider was killed by a single shot, after Haider tried to reach for his pistol.
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Samajtantrik Dal. On
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wrote that the killings of other army officers began on 8 November. Many officers did not agree with the 12 demands of the BSS, which resulted in serious confrontations between officers and their troops. In Dhaka and
Rangpur, 40 officers were killed by their troops and enlisted men were reported to
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The army officers involved in Sheikh Mujib's assassination broke the army's chain of command, as these young officers 'began acting like generals' in the new Mostaq government. Brigadier Khaled
Mosharraf, the chief of general staff, had asked Ziaur Rahman to restore the chain of command in the army
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was a retired army officer who joined the Jatiya
Samajtantrik Dal and led its armed branches. On 5 November, the BSS distributed thousands of leaflets among soldiers and urban workers accusing Mosharraf of being in leagues with India in taking over the country, and preparing a general uprising.
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Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad requested that those involved in Sheikh Mujib's assassination should be allowed to safely leave
Bangladesh, which Khaled Mosharraf agreed to. Before the assassins left, they killed several Awami league leaders including former Vice President
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Bangabhaban to seek safety at the headquarters of the 10 Bengal Regiment. Although the soldiers of the 10 Bengal had no direct link to the Biplobi Shainik Sangstha, they learned of the mutiny. The commanding officer of the 10 Bengal Regiment, Colonel
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and egalitarian' organisation in the
Bangladesh Army, which was formed by Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. On each night between 4 November and 6 November, secret meetings of the BSS were held under Colonel Taher's leadership.
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Ziaur Rahman was freed from house arrest by soldiers and taken to the headquarters of the 2nd Field
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17 July 1976, Taher was sentenced to death and was executed on 21 July 1976. In his final letter, Taher described Ziaur Rahman as a 'traitor' and claimed that he was freed from detention under Taher's orders.
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military coup and was replaced by Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad as the President of Bangladesh. Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad replaced the Bangladesh Army chief, Major General
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described the uprising as the "closest that any Marxist force of whatever description in Bangladesh reached the doors of state power".
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have ripped badges off officer's lapels. 65% of all officers in Bangladesh lost control of their troops as a result of the uprising.
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