[2][3] It traces its origins to the Bengal Military Police formed by British India government to guard the frontiers of the region.
[5] After the end of the war, the government of Bangladesh was established in January 1972 under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
[5][6] Army officers were deputed to the newly created Bangladesh Rifles.
[1][4] Anwar Ul Alam Shaheed wrote in his book, Rakkhi Bahini'r Shotto-Mittha, the mutiny was carried out by personnel who had not fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War.
[7] President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had to go to the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles, Pilkhana, to bring the situation under control after General M. A. G. Osmani, chief of Army staff, failed.