Trial of another Rangamati battalion resumes
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
RANGAMATI, May 3 (bdnews24.com): A special court trying 75 suspected BDR mutineers of 9 Rifles Battalion at Marishya in Rangamati resumed proceedings Monday after a three-month recess.
The special court-4, set up at the Rangamati BDR headquarters, began hearing witnesses from 9:00 am.
The court was previously adjourned on Feb 18 after six witnesses had testified. A total of 85 witnesses have been called for the trial.
The second mutiny trial in the region began on Dec 30, 2009. The verdict in the first trial against 12 Rifles Battalion at Rajnagar in Rangamati was delivered Sunday.
The 75 border guards of the 9 Rifles Battalion are accused of rebellion in solidarity with the mutiny at Bangladesh Rifles' Pilkhana headquarters on Feb 25- 26, 2009 that resulted in the death of more than 70 people, 57 of them army officers deputed to the border force.
The special court-4, set up at the Rangamati BDR headquarters, began hearing witnesses from 9:00 am.
The court was previously adjourned on Feb 18 after six witnesses had testified. A total of 85 witnesses have been called for the trial.
The second mutiny trial in the region began on Dec 30, 2009. The verdict in the first trial against 12 Rifles Battalion at Rajnagar in Rangamati was delivered Sunday.
The 75 border guards of the 9 Rifles Battalion are accused of rebellion in solidarity with the mutiny at Bangladesh Rifles' Pilkhana headquarters on Feb 25- 26, 2009 that resulted in the death of more than 70 people, 57 of them army officers deputed to the border force.