Twenty-seven more former members of the then Bangladesh Rifles were released on Thursday from Kashimpur jails in Gazipur, three days after they were granted bail in a case under the Explosive Substances Act linked to the 鈥楤DR mutiny鈥� at Pilkhana in Dhaka in 2009.
Jatiya Shaheed Sena Dibas was observed on Tuesday, marking the Pilkhana carnage in which 74 people, including 57 army officers, were killed at the then Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in the capital Dhaka in February 25-26, 2009.
Chairman of the National Independent Investigation Commission Major General, retd, A L M Fazlur Rahman on Thursday said they were trying to talk with former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and ex-army chief Moyeen Uddin Ahmed over the BDR carnage at Pilkhana in 2009.
Attorney general Md Asaduzzaman on Saturday claimed that the killings of 74 people including 57 army officers during the 2009 BDR mutiny were part of an international conspiracy aiming at prolonging the rule of the then Awami League government.
The trial for the BDR massacre case will take place in a temporary court at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj instead of the previously planned location at the Dhaka Alia Madrasa ground.
The interim government formed a seven-member commission on reinvestigating the 2009 BDR carnage amid an outcry from the victim families and political pressure.
Families of the deceased persons during 2009 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny on Saturday placed a series of demands, calling for the publication of investigation reports and...