Besides filing murder charges, orders had been issued throughout the country to look out for those involved in the revolt last Wednesday, a police source said.

As the newly-elected Sheikh Hasina Government grapples with the aftermath of the uprising, Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam was quoted by the media as having said a group of people ‘outside’ BDR was also involved in the killings.

"Some evidences have already reached the Government," the minister said, adding that it was "well-orchestrated".

His remarks came amid reports that a Bangladeshi shipping magnate having close links with Pakistan's intelligence agencies was suspected to be behind the mutiny. But, there was no official word on this.