BDR Carnage Case
Doctors held confined to treat wounded jawans
Witness tells court
A BDR carnage case witness yesterday said the mutineers confined at least seven doctors to the BDR hospital for around 34 hours and forced them into treating wounded jawans.
"On several occasions, armed BDR men visited the hospital. They ordered us to attend to the jawans who were brought in for treatment," said Lt Col SM Sadrul Alam, who was a doctor at the hospital during the February 25-26, 2009 mutiny.
He gave his deposition before the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court set up at Alia Madrasa playground in the capital's Bakshibazar.
Sadrul Alam said three on-duty doctors were not ordered to attend the Darbar on February 25. "Two of them, Lt Col Tanvir and Lt Col Ismat Ara, were with me. Around 9:30am, we heard the sounds of firing.
"After some time, we saw some BDR men escorting three doctors--Lt Col Yasmin, Maj Roksana and Maj Farjana--to the hospital by a pickup. Later, they brought some wounded jawans and told us to treat them.
"Some six jawans, including sepoys Shams and Nishan Mollah, took position in my room with rifles and grenades on the first evening. They left after a couple of hours."
Sadrul said the female doctors escaped on February 26 evening, while the male ones came out after the mutineers surrendered at night.
A total of 57 army officers and 17 other people were killed in the mutiny at the BDR (now defunct) headquarters in the capital's Pilkahana.
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