Speakers at a discussion held on the BDR mutiny at the National Press Club on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneSpeakers at the event said those who did not believe in the spirit of the Liberation War had been behind such activities since 1975The identities of the masterminds behind the gruesome BDR mutiny must be brought to light as soon as possible, speakers demanded at a discussion on Tuesday. “Even so many years after the incident, it is unclear who the masterminds behind the mutiny were,” said Maj Gen (retd) Abdur Rashid, a security expert. On November 5, 2013, a trial court pronounced death sentences on 152 of the accused while another 423 were sentenced to different prison terms. On November 27, 2017, the High Court upheld the death sentence for 139 convicts. It also handed down rigorous imprisonment, ranging from one year to 14 years, to 256 people, mostly BDR soldiers.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 25, 2020 14:48 UTC