Dhaka, Dec. 5 -- The release of the National Independent Investigation Commission's report on the 2009 Pilkhana killings has forced Bangladesh to confront a truth that was buried beneath years of political convenience, suppressed evidence, and deliberate silence.
For sixteen years the nation was told that the massacre was an eruption of anger from within the Bangladesh Rifles. It was portrayed as an internal collapse of discipline and nothing more.
The commission's findings now dismantle that narrative entirely and replace it with a disturbing conclusion.
The attack was planned, coordinated, politically sanctioned, and facilitated by actors who operated far beyond the walls of Pilkhana.
Among the named individuals is Barrister and a for...