Dhaka, Aug. 1 -- Army rejected the allegations that army personnel beat up teachers or attempted to hide bodies of the victims during the rescue operation at Milestone School and College following the July 21 fighter jet crash, said Brig Gen Nazim-ud-Daula, Director of Military Operations Directorate (MOD).

He told this to the reporters at a press briefing at the Army Headquarters on Thursday. "Some say we beat up teachers, or hid bodies. Why would we hide the bodies of innocent children? Their parents were there. Wouldn't they have asked where their children were?" he told reporters during a briefing at Dhaka Cantonment.

He said if anyone was pushed amid the chaos, it was never deliberate. "We had to clear the way for ambulances. In do...