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Thursday, February 3, 2011
BDR Mutiny: Charges against 50 accused read out
Havildar Tariqul Islam in collaboration with two other soldiers of BDR Sadar Rifle Battalion had beaten Major Mostafa Asaduzzaman brutally with belts in front of the flag pole during the mutiny at Pilkhana.
Nayek Shahjahan of the same battalion tortured Major Shahnewaz inhumanly after tying him up to a coconut tree.
The two army officers were later murdered, said Lt Col Abu Masud, the prosecutor of a BDR mutiny case, Wednesday in his statement.
He said this as the special court-9, set up to try the mutineers of Sadar Rifle Battalion, carried out its proceeding for the third day at the Darbar Hall in Pilkhana.
Read the original story on The Daily Star