BDR mutiny trial at Alia madrasa starts tomorrow
The authorities are all set for tomorrow to start the much-awaited trial of two criminal cases filed on the BDR carnage in February 2009 at a makeshift courtroom constructed on the playground of Alia Madrasa in the city's Bakhshibazar.
Meanwhile, Dhaka Alia Madrasa authorities are protesting the construction of the structure on its ground saying authorities constructed it defying their protest. A teacher of the Madrasa wishing anonymity yesterday said now they want assurance that the structure will be handed back to them.
Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Dhaka Mohammad Zohurul Haque is scheduled to sit at the new courtroom at 9:30am and ask the jail authorities to produce all 824 charge sheeted accused -- 23 civilians and the remaining BDR members -- in the cases.
One case was filed for murder, arson, loot and such other grave offences while the other for possessing arms and explosives during the mutiny and carnage.
CID on July 12 indicted 824 BDR men and civilians on 24 criminal charges including murder. Besides, 808 of them were accused of possessing and using explosives, arms and ammunition during the carnage. At present, 21 charge-sheeted accused are at large.
The carnage left 74 people, including 57 army officers killed.
Meanwhile, BDR special courts are already trying several thousand BDR jawans at Pilkhana and different other BDR units across the country on mutiny charges.
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