The Bangladesh Rifles revolt, also known as the Pilkhana massacre or Pilkhana tragedy, was a mutiny that took place on 25–26 February 2009 in Dhaka, when a group of Bangladesh Rifles personnel seized
Bangladesh Army tanks deployed in response to the unrest in Pilkhana
14.5 mm ZPU-4 of Bangladesh Army positioned over Satmasjid Road, near Dhanmondi 8A road, pointing towards Pilkhana on 25 February 2009
An array of tanks waiting beside Abahani ground on 26 February 2009
Barricade on the Satmasjid Road near State University on 25 February 2009, as seen from the western end of Dhanmondi Road 27
Shakil Ahmed was a Bangladesh military officer who served as the antecedent director general of the Bangladesh Rifles. He was commissioned into the Bangladesh Army's Regiment of Artillery in 1976. Ahm