34 BGB men relieved of sedition charges
Thirty-four jawans of BGB (Border Guard Bangladesh) have been relieved of sedition charges in Kurigram.
Our correspondent quoted public prosecutor office sources as saying that sedition cases against 34 jawans of BGB 27 Battalion were withdrawn on Sunday as per decision of the home ministry.
Judge Md Shajedul Karim of Kurigram District and Sessions Juge's Court relieved the jawans of sedition charges following an appeal made by Public Prosecutor (PP) advocate Abraham Lincoln.
Following a mutiny at 27 BGB Battalion on February 26 in 2009, the then officer-in-charge (OC) of Kurigram Sadar Police Station Humayun Kabir filed the sedition cases against 34 jawans of the battalion with the Judicial Magistrate's Court on May 9, the same year.
Immediately after filing of the cases, the accused were arrested and produced in the court that sent them to jail hajat.
In the case statement, the complainant stated that the jawans revolted against their officers at the battalion on February 26, expressing solidarity with the mutineers of BGB headquarters at Pilkhana in the capital.
They looted firearms from armoury, fired blank shots and took control of the battalion, the complainant said in the statement.
Later, the BGB men faced mutiny charges and were produced in the special court-13. After hearing, the court framed charges against the rebels and sentenced them to different jail terms.
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