BDR Carnage
Witness tells how officers' bodies were thrown out of building
A witness to the 2009 BDR carnage yesterday testified how mutineers shot dead and threw out three army officers from a building at BDR's Pilkhana headquarters.
Submitting his deposition, the witness, Nayeb Subeder Abdul Kuddus, said he first heard gunshots and chaos around 10:00am on February 25 while he was inside the Shainik Line building of 36 Rifle Battalion.
He saw Col Mujibul Haque and Lt Col Enayet run into the building. Soon subedar major Shahidur Rahman, havilder Omar Ali Mollah, subeder Ikramul Haque, sepoy Bazlur Rashid, lance nayek Anwarul Islam and some others followed suit, said Kuddus.
“After a few minutes I heard gunshots,” he said. While running up the stairs to investigate, he heard MLSS Saifuddin shout out that Major Makbul was hiding on the first floor.
Kuddus said sepoy Alim Reza shot Maj Makbul dead and with the help of others threw out the body from the first floor. Afterwards, he saw other mutineers throw out the bodies of Col Mujibul and Lt Col Enayet from the third floor.
After hearing the deposition, the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court, Dhaka at Ali Madrasa playground in the city's Bakshibazar adjourned the proceedings till February 13.
On January 11, another witness, Havilder Bazlur Rashid, gave a similar description of the murder of the three army officers.
Earlier in the day, witnesses sepoy Abbas and cook Aman Uddin gave their depositions and defence lawyers cross-examined them briefly.
Fifty-seven army officers were among the 74 victims killed in the bloody mutiny at the headquarters of Bangladesh Rifles, which was later renamed Border Guard Bangladesh, during February 25-26, 2009.
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