BDR Mutiny Case
611 mutineers get imprisonment
A special court yesterday sentenced 611 out of 621 accused soldiers of 13 Rifle Battalion of erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) to rigorous imprisonment, ranging from four months to seven years, in the Pilkhana mutiny case.
Each convict was also fined Tk 100.
The remaining 10 sepoys, who had earlier pleaded guilty, were exonerated by the three-member special court-8 led by Brigadier General Abu Sayeed Khan.
However, these 10 sepoys and 135 of the convicted are accused in the BDR carnage case.
The mutineers mowed down 57 top and mid-ranking army officers alongside 17 other people at the BDR's Pilkhana headquarters on February 25-26, 2009.
The court framed charges against 623 accused on October 20, 2010 and afterwards two of the accused died.
The soldiers were accused of leaving the Darbar Hall defying the director general's order, showing solidarity with mutineers, revolting with firearms, staying inactive in preventing the mutiny, giving provocative speeches before the media and failing to control unruly colleagues and subordinates.
The verdict came in 55 working days after the case proceedings started from 2010.
A total 3,956 out of 4,044 soldiers of 53 units of BDR (now Border Guard Bangladesh) were convicted while 88 got acquittal. A total 1,998 BDR jawans are being tried in four special courts.
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