BDR mutiny trial: Rescued army officers not witnesses
The army officers and deceased family members were the direct eyewitnesses of the BDR carnage
The rescued army officers and deceased family members were not prosecution witness at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny cases, which happened at its Headquarters at Peelkhana, on February 25 and 26 last year, CID sources said.
A total of 6435 persons were interrogated in connection with the killings including 45 rescued army officers and 139 members of the deceased family during last 11 months.A senior official of the CID told The New Nation that the rescued army officers and deceased family members would not like to be prosecution witnesses in this cases.
The army officers and deceased family members were the direct eyewitnesses of the BDR carnage, if they were not prosecution witnesses in these cases the accused BDR men are likely to go Scot free and come out from jail, he added. "The CID so far enlisted 1539 people including about 600 eyewitnesses asprosecution witnesses in the case during the investigation," the official said.
The prosecution witnesses were police, employee of the BDR hospital, BDR officials and the employee of the fire fighter. Most of the witnesses entered into the BDR Headquarters at Peelkhana after the end of the killing mission.
Investigation Officer (IO) and senior ASP of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Abdul Kahar Akhand told newsmen yesterday that the investigation was complete but the final report is likely to be submitted by the end of February.
Over 2,180 BDR members and 34 civilians, including former BNP MP Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pintu are being charged for the massacre in which 73 people, including 57 military officers, were brutally killed at Peelkhana.
CID also collected 3,170 evidences of the BDR carnage. According to the prepared final report at least 140 BDR jawans were directly involved in the carnage on the two days.
Of them, 17 persons were directly involved in the killings, 17 persons involved with looting arms, 37 persons for planning for mutiny, 22 for violating women and 47 persons for burying the victims in mass graves. At least 140 BDR men had given confessional statements for their direct involvement.
The government has decided to try these accused persons under different Sections of the CrPC by Special Courts in Dhaka.
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2010/02/08/news0275.htm
A total of 6435 persons were interrogated in connection with the killings including 45 rescued army officers and 139 members of the deceased family during last 11 months.A senior official of the CID told The New Nation that the rescued army officers and deceased family members would not like to be prosecution witnesses in this cases.
The army officers and deceased family members were the direct eyewitnesses of the BDR carnage, if they were not prosecution witnesses in these cases the accused BDR men are likely to go Scot free and come out from jail, he added. "The CID so far enlisted 1539 people including about 600 eyewitnesses asprosecution witnesses in the case during the investigation," the official said.
The prosecution witnesses were police, employee of the BDR hospital, BDR officials and the employee of the fire fighter. Most of the witnesses entered into the BDR Headquarters at Peelkhana after the end of the killing mission.
Investigation Officer (IO) and senior ASP of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Abdul Kahar Akhand told newsmen yesterday that the investigation was complete but the final report is likely to be submitted by the end of February.
Over 2,180 BDR members and 34 civilians, including former BNP MP Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pintu are being charged for the massacre in which 73 people, including 57 military officers, were brutally killed at Peelkhana.
CID also collected 3,170 evidences of the BDR carnage. According to the prepared final report at least 140 BDR jawans were directly involved in the carnage on the two days.
Of them, 17 persons were directly involved in the killings, 17 persons involved with looting arms, 37 persons for planning for mutiny, 22 for violating women and 47 persons for burying the victims in mass graves. At least 140 BDR men had given confessional statements for their direct involvement.
The government has decided to try these accused persons under different Sections of the CrPC by Special Courts in Dhaka.
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2010/02/08/news0275.htm
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