Sepoy Moeen 'triggered Pilkhana Mutiny'
Sunday, 18 April 2010
A sepoy named Moeen was claimed by prosecutors to have been the person who triggered the mutiny at the Peelkhana headquarters last year, reports bdnews24.com.
Prosecutor Lt Col Akhtar Hamid Khan stated this Saturday in the special BDR court which is prosecuting 623 people for alleged mutiny.
The court, headed by the current BDR Director General Maj Gen Mainul Islam, set Oct 18 as the date to frame charges in the case and asked that the accused be produced on that date looking the same way - with or without a beard - as they did when they are alleged to have committed mutiny.
The court, set up at the Darbar Hall in the Peelkhana, began at around 11:30 am and ended at around 12:30 pm.
Of the accused 315 were from 13th Rifles Battalion, with the other coming from different battalions.
For the first time in court, Prosecutor Lt Col Akhtar Hamid Khan stated that a sepoy named Moeen had triggered the mutiny by pointing a gun in the direction of the director general, obtaining the support of other members.
Some 172 members of 13th battalion were present in the Darbar Hall. Their involvement was proved either by photographs or video footage, he said.
Mainul Islam, the head of the court, asked the prosecutor to make sure that the witnesses give their statements only with regard to the mutiny, not in relation to killing, looting or other crimes.
This court is only trying the mutineers, he said.
Addressing the accused, Islam said that anybody could be made a witness.
Prosecutor Lt Col Akhtar Hamid Khan stated this Saturday in the special BDR court which is prosecuting 623 people for alleged mutiny.
The court, headed by the current BDR Director General Maj Gen Mainul Islam, set Oct 18 as the date to frame charges in the case and asked that the accused be produced on that date looking the same way - with or without a beard - as they did when they are alleged to have committed mutiny.
The court, set up at the Darbar Hall in the Peelkhana, began at around 11:30 am and ended at around 12:30 pm.
Of the accused 315 were from 13th Rifles Battalion, with the other coming from different battalions.
For the first time in court, Prosecutor Lt Col Akhtar Hamid Khan stated that a sepoy named Moeen had triggered the mutiny by pointing a gun in the direction of the director general, obtaining the support of other members.
Some 172 members of 13th battalion were present in the Darbar Hall. Their involvement was proved either by photographs or video footage, he said.
Mainul Islam, the head of the court, asked the prosecutor to make sure that the witnesses give their statements only with regard to the mutiny, not in relation to killing, looting or other crimes.
This court is only trying the mutineers, he said.
Addressing the accused, Islam said that anybody could be made a witness.