Verdict in Sylhet BDR mutiny case Dec 29
The special court-14, set up at Sylhet Sector headquarters, yesterday fixed December 29 for judgment in BDR mutiny case.
Meanwhile, Two separate BDR special courts yesterday fixed charge-framing dates against 54 mutineers of Rangpur sector headquarters and 34 Rifles Battalion under the sector and 42 jawans of Khagrachhari sector headquarters.
In Sylhet, the three-member special court, headed by Comilla Sector Commander Col SM Farhad, started proceedings at 8:30am and continued until 10:30am. Two other members are Lt Col Akhtaruzzaman and Major Maksudul Alam, according to our staff correspondent.
Deputy Attorney general Farhad Ahmed represented the attorney General while special public prosecutors Gazi Zillur Rahman and Habibur Rahman were present.
Argument was held while the Prosecutor Lt Col Khairul Quadir, also the commanding officer of 21 Rifles Battalion, pleaded for justice for the incident that took place at the battalion on February 26, 2009 as a sequel to Pilkhana mutiny on the previous day.
During the argument, the prosecution stated that the accused took control of 21 battalion in the city's Akhalia area on Sylhet-Sunamganj Highway in the morning of February 26.
They also set fire to a number of vehicles, including three private vehicles of BDR officials, in front of the battalion headquarters and blocked the main road, he said
Thirty-nine of the 44 accused pleaded guilty during the trial while the rest claimed innocence.
The then officer-in-charge of Sylhet Kotwali Police Station Syeduzzaman filed three separate cases with the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court on May 17 last year against the BDR men of Sylhet sector and two separate battalions under the sector as they revolted, expressing solidarity with the mutineers of BDR headquarters at Pilkhana in the capital.
They were later arrested and were before the court that sent them to jail hajat.
The charge framing date against 54 mutineers of Rangpur sector headquarters and 34 Rifles Battalion under the sector was fixed on January 24, 2011, reports our Rangpur correspondent.
Of the accused, 11 are from Rangpur sector while the remaining 43 from 34 Rifles Battalion.
The Special Court-13, headed by Dinajpur Sector Commander Col Md Saleh Ahmad, started trial proceedings at around 9:00am and continued until 11:45am. Two other members of the court are Lt Col Mahfuz Alam and Major Didar Al Latif.
Nayek Subedar Rafiqul Islam of the sector and acting Subeder Golam Kibria of 34 Rifles Battalion filed two separate cases after the jawans revolted against their officers on February 26 last year.
A correspondent from Khagrachhari adds: Prosecutor Maj Javad Hasan read out charges in presence of all the 42 accused of the sector headquarters yesterday.
The special court-15, headed by Chittagong Sector Commander Lt Col Zahedur Rahman, then fixed February 22, 2011 for framing charges against the accused. The other members are Lt Col Abdur Nur and Major AZM Golam Mostafa Al Mamun.
Assistant Subedar Md Serajul Islam of the sector filed the case against 42 BDR jawans after the February 26 mutiny.
He alleged that the accused joined the mutiny at Khagrachhari BDR sector on February 26 last year, expressing solidarity with mutineers of BDR headquarters at Pilkhana in the capital.
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