Mutiny charge framed against 35 BDR men in Ctg

A special court in Chittagong yesterday framed charges against 35 jawans of 10 Rifle Battalion's Bolipara camp for their involvement in 2009 BDR mutiny.
The Special Court-16 sat at Rifles Training Centre and School at Baitul Izzat, Satkania from 10:00am to 3:40pm, reports our Chittagong office.
The four-member judges' panel led by Rangamati BDR Sector Commander Col Bashirul Islam would hear the witnesses today.
Three other members were Deputy Attorney General Goutam Kumar Roy, Lt Col Md Abdur Rauf and Major MA Rakib.
Eleven of the 35 jawans admitted the allegations brought against them were true while the rest denied.
Lt Colonel Md Rabiul Alam appeared as the prosecutor of the trial.
On April 22, plaintiff Subedar Sultan Ahmed placed charges against the 35.
Sultan alleged the accused had looted arms from the Bolipara camp armoury, Bandarban after assaulting the then commanding officer Lt Colonel Lutful Kabir. The jawans fired blank shots creating panic, he said.
Meanwhile, our Chapainawabganj correspondent adds, another special court in Naogaon yesterday took cognisance of allegations against 11 jawans of 43 Rifle Battalion headquarters in a mutiny case.
The case was filed against 21 BDR men of the battalion headquarters.
Subedar Major (retd) Rafique Uddin read out the allegations before the Special Court-12.
The court ordered the 11 to appear before it today.
Rajshahi BDR Sector Commander Col Ehia Azam Khan led the court proceedings at the battalion headquarters in Patnitola, Naogaon around 10:00am.