BDR hearing resumes in Rangamati today

Hearing of the trial of nine suspected Bangladesh Rifles mutineers resumes today at a special court at the BDR Sector headquarters in Rangamati.
The trial began on November 24 and was adjourned on November 25 giving the accused about 27 days to pick up counsels for self-defence either from BDR officials or lawyers.
The hearing will resume at 3:00pm at the makeshift special court-4, which is likely to frame charges against the nine accused, said sources.
BDR Director General Maj Gen Md Moinul Islam heads the three-member court. The other members are Lt Col Md Abdur Rouf and Maj Golam Mostafa Al-Mamun.
Deputy Attorney General Md Sohrawardy along with senior public prosecutors Mosharraf Hossain and Manzurul Alam will be present at the court on behalf of the attorney general, said sources.
The trial of the suspected BDR mutineers is being held under the Bangladesh Rifles Order 1972.
The nine accused BDR jawans of 12 Rifle Battalion of Longudu are now in Rangamati jail. They are havildars Sibbir Ahmed, Sohrab Hossain, and Md Shamsul Haque, signalman Abdur Rahman, sepoys Md Abul Kalam Azad, Md Sakhawat Hossain, Md Rasel Kabir, Md Zahir Uddin and Md Sarwar Kamal.
Three cases were filed with Barkal, Baghaichhari and Longudu police stations against 39 BDR jawans on charge of revolt at three of the five battalions in Rangamati following the February 25-26 mutiny at the Pilkhana BDR headquarters.