BNP questions lengthy judicial process in BDR mutiny case

BDR carnage of 2009.

Dhaka, Feb 25 - BNP on Sunday expressed concern over the prolonged legal proceedings in the Pilkhana mutiny case.

A BNP delegation led by its standing comittee member Abdul Moyeen Khan paid homage to the those killed in the mutiny  at the Banani Military graveyard  in the morning.

"We have heard about the judgment in the Pilkhana carnage case, but what is the status of the judgment? Has there been any appeal in the judgment, and why has the hearing not completed in 15 years? Furthermore, another explosive case was filed in 2011... Why is the trial of the case still lingering?" he said.

“Today, we will say only one thing, every citizen of Bangladesh should get justice through good governance, through law... That's what we expect. ”

On February 25, 2009, several hundred Bangladesh Rifles (now BGB) men staged an armed revolt at the Darbar Hall of the force's Pilkhana headquarters during the three-day "BDR Week".

A total of 74 people, including 57 Army officers, were killed in the massacre beginning on this day.

The mutiny finally ended the following day (Feb 26) with the surrender of firearms, ammunition and grenades through a negotiation between the then government and the BDR rebels. - UNB