Teknaf Mutiny
51 BGB men convicted
Fifty-one jawans of 42 Rifles Battalion of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were sentenced to different jail terms ranging from one year to seven years yesterday for their involvement in the 2009 mutiny in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar.
The Special Court-16 led by BGB Rangamati Sector Commander Col Md Bashirul Islam also fined each of the convicts Tk 100.
The court in presence of the accused pronounced the verdict at Cox’s Bazar BGB 17 Battalion Headquarters. The court started delivering judgement at 10:00am, which continued for 45 minutes.
Eighteen of the convicts were jailed for seven years, one for six years and six months, eleven for six years, eight for five years, three for four years, one for three years and six months, seven for three years, one for two years and one for one year.
Lt Col Md Mozammel Hossain, commander of 42 Rifles Battalion, filed the case against the accused, who revolted to express their solidarity with the mutineers of BDR headquarters at Pilkhana where 74 people, including 54 army officers were killed.
The convicts were charges with looting firearms from the armoury, arson, creating panic among the BGB officials and attempting to kill them.
Courtesy of The Daily Star
