BDR Mutiny at Sunamganj
Charges to be pressed against 14 today
Charges will be framed against 14 alleged BDR mutineers of 8 Rifle Battalion, Sunamganj at the special court-3 of Bangladesh Rifles here today.
Commanding Officer of the Battalion Lt. Col Tajul Islam informed this at a press conference at Sylhet headquarters yesterday afternoon.
The then Director General of Bangladesh Rifles Maj Gen Mainul Islam chaired the court on 2 and 3 April and fixed the date while adjourning the trial proceedings till 28 June. The trial process began on 2 April.
Col Tajul told the newsmen that BDR Director General Maj Gen Rafiqul Islam will chair the panel of judges today.
The 14 BDR jawans would be produced before the special court, set up at Sylhet sector headquarters, he said.
Prosecutor of the case Lt Col Tajul Islam on 3 April submitted a summary of the complaint before the panel. He also separately narrated the role of the 14 accused on the day of mutiny on 26 February last year.
Earlier, Deputy Assistant Director of the Battalion Md Abdul Wahid read out the complaints against the accused.
According to the complaint, Subedar Maj Gouranga Chandra Das and a few border guards of the battalion revolted and took control of the arsenal on February 26 last year. They also instigated others to join the mutiny.
The accused in the mutiny case are Subedar Maj Gouranga Chandra Das, Nayek Subedar Abul Hossain, havildars Md Abdul Jalil, Md Badiul Alam and Md Maniruzzaman, nayeks Md Harun Ur Rashid, Md Abdul Wahid and Md Hiru Ullah Khan, lance nayeks Abdur Rahim, Biplab Kumar Pandit and Umar Faruque Hossain, and sepoys Maniruzzaman Sheikh, Sumon Marma and Toriqul Islam.
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