BDR mutineers' trial

The Special Court-14 took into its cognizance the charges against 29 BDR mutineers of 1 Rifles Battalion at Kalikatcha in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria district yesterday. Witness Subedar Major Md.Nurul Karim brought the charges against the accused during the trial that began at around 11:00 am and continued until 12:25 pm. The Special Court adjourned the trial proceedings of the mutineers until 9:00 am today. Col SM Farhad of Comilla sector commander, chaired the four-member special court at the battalion headquarters of 1 Rifles Battalion. The other members are Deputy Attorney General Farhad Ahmed, BDR officials Lieutenant Colonel Akhteruzzaman and Major Md Maksudul Alam. Lieutenant Col Abu Saleh Md.Gulam Ambia, the commanding officer of 1 Rifles battalion, is the procecutor while Gazi Zillur Rahman and Dewan Mohiuddin are the special procecutos. The special court asked the authorities concerned to arrest 12 fugitive accused in the case and produce them before the court. The rest 17 accused are now in Brahmanbaria jail. In a press breifing yesterday, Lieutenant Col Abu Saleh Md.Gulam Ambia said 29 members of the battalion revolted against their officer on February 26 in 2009, expressing their solidarity with the mutineers of BDR headquarter in Pilkahna, Dhaka.