Satkhira mutiny trial adjourned till Mar 21
January 21, 2010
The trial of BDR mutiny of 7 Rifle Battalion at Nildumur in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira was adjourned till March 21 with the deposition of five witnesses on Thursday.
The trial proceedings will resume at 10:00am, reports our Satkhira correspondent.
The court so far took depositions of 15 witnesses since Tuesday.
On Wednesday, 16 BDR jawans of the battalion admitted to their involvement in the BDR mutiny on February 26 last year and begged for mercy in writing before BDR Special Court-1.
A three-member committee of the Special Court-1 headed by BDR Director General Maj Gen M Mainul Islam recorded the statements of the witnesses at the makeshift court at 41 Rifles Battalion headquarters.
The trial of the accused BDR members is being held under the BDR Act.
As per BDR law, the accused cross-examined the prosecution witnesses with the assistance of a BDR officer and a lawyer.
The court appointed advocate Zahid Hossain to assist the accused during the trial.
BDR, under its own law, is holding the trial of the mutiny while another trial will be held in the civil court in connection with the killing, looting, arson and other grievous offences that had taken place at the BDR headquarters.
Source: thedailystar.net
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