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Published : 05 Nov 2013, 09:37 AM
However, the mutiny trial has been completed in accordance with the Act related to the border guard.
The Feb 25-26, 2009 mutiny, that started at the border guard's Peelkhana headquarters, had spread to other battalions across Bangladesh.
A total of 57 cases were filed over the mutiny under the force's law.
The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) authorities—currently Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)—conducted the investigation and the trials through a panel headed by a BDR officer.
A representative of the Attorney General assisted the chief judge.
Government-appointed lawyers gave legal assistance to the BDR authorities.
A court was set up at Peelkhana's Darbar Hall, where the mutiny had started.
Later, another court was set up inside in Peelkhana for quick disposal of the cases.
It took nearly three years to complete the trials.
A total of 5,926 troopers were sentenced to various jail terms. The maximum term was seven years in prison.
The first trial for the mutiny started against nine troopers of Rangamati's 12 Rifles Battalion on Oct 24, 2009.
Various terms were handed down to each of them on May 2, 2010.
However, the maiden verdict in the mutiny cases was delivered against Panchagarh's 25 Rifles Battalion.
The trials ended nearly three years later on Oct 20, 2012 with the verdict on the mutiny of the Peelkhana Sadar Battalion.
A total of 4,033 troopers of 11 Peelkhana units were sentenced to various terms. Fifty-six others were acquitted.
Another 1,952 troopers from various battalions/units were charged apart from the Peelkhana battalion.
Only 59 of them were cleared of the charges.
Most of the convicts are also accused in the murder cases.
Those acquitted were reinstated in their jobs but by then the force had been renamed BGB.
