THAKURGAON, Apr 12 (bdnews24.com): A special court in Thakurgaon convicted 50 and acquitted one for border guards' mutiny in 2009.
In the second verdict relating to the BDR mutiny where riflesmen in Thakurgaon rebelled in support of their comrades in Pilkhana, Dhaka on February 25-26 last year, two border guards were given the maximum penalty of seven years of rigorous imprisonment.
All the convicted BDR personnel belong to 20 Rifles Battalion.
BDR Director General, Maj Gen Mainul Islam, head of the three-member court, delivered the verdict.
A total of 33 people testified in the case. Charges were pressed against 51 accused last week. Of them 44 admitted their involvement in the mutiny.
The special court-2 in Thakurgaon began trial on February 3. It was adjourned on February 5.
50 convicted, 1 found innocent
FE Team | Published: April 13, 2010 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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