The Dhaka Times Desk According to the previously fixed date, today is fixed for the verdict in the Pilkhana murder case, but the verdict will be postponed and announced on November 5.
After the arguments on October 20, the judge of the Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court of Dhaka set the judgment day on Wednesday, October 30. Md. Akhtaruzzaman. Later it was informed that the verdict will be given on November 5 instead of today due to security reasons.
Meanwhile, on the occasion of this verdict, the security system has been strengthened around the Dhaka Central Jail and the court. Necessary security measures have been taken. According to the concerned sources, those who have served the sentence in the rebellion case filed under BDR's own law are now in the village house, the concerned police station and detectives are keeping an eye on them. BGB Director General Major General Aziz Ahmed told the media on Tuesday afternoon, 'Everyone is eager for this verdict.' The judge is said to have started writing the verdict after the arguments in the case were over on October 20. Many people think that it is difficult to write a judgment about 846 accused in such a short time.
The Lalbagh police station became the plaintiff in the Pilkhana murder incident and filed a case with the Lalbagh police station on various charges including murder, torture, looting and arson in the Pilkhana. Later the case was transferred to New Market police station. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police has been entrusted with the investigation of the case. After the investigation, the CID filed a charge sheet in the court on July 12, 2010 accusing 824 people. Later, 26 more persons were added in the supplementary charge sheet. The number of accused stands at 850. 20 of them are absconding. Four died. Currently 813 accused are in jail. And 13 people are on bail. Among the accused are 23 people from outside the BDR, including four women. Among them are BNP leader Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pintu and Awami League leader Torab Ali. A court was constructed in the ground adjacent to Aliya Madrasa on Umesh Dutt Road in Bakshi Bazar for handling the case. There, the trial began on January 5, 2011. According to sources, there were 1,287 witnesses in the Pilkhana murder case. Among the witnesses, 654 people, including CID Special Superintendent of Police Abdul Kahar Akand, who investigated the case for the state, gave evidence.
The judicial process of this case was started by the judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court. Zahurul Haque Related lawyers said that last September, the case was sent from the Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court to the Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court in a judicial order. Since then, the additional session judge is conducting the judicial proceedings of the case. Md. Akhtaruzzaman. At the beginning of the case, during the leave of Zahurul Haque, he continued the court proceedings for some time.
It should be noted that 74 people including 57 army officers were killed in the mutiny at BDR (now BGB) headquarters Pilkhana on February 25 and 26, 2009. The killing of so many army officers at one time in the history of Bangladesh shocked the countrymen.
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