President, PM pay tribute to martyrs of Pilkhana carnage
Senior leaders of the ruling BNP and high-ranking civil and military officials were present.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today (25 February) paid tribute to the martyrs of the 2009 Pilkhana carnage at Banani Military Graveyard, marking National Martyred Army Day.
Tarique placed wreaths at the graveyard and offered prayers seeking eternal peace for the martyrs, according to the Prime Minister's Office.
Senior leaders of the ruling BNP and high-ranking civil and military officials were present, reports UNB.
On 25 February 2009, several hundred Bangladesh Rifles (now BGB) men rose up in an armed revolt in the Darbar Hall of the force's Pilkhana headquarters during the three-day "BDR Week." They killed 74 people, including 57 army officers.
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The mutiny finally ended the following day with the surrender of firearms, ammunition and grenades through a negotiation between the then government and the BDR rebels.
A total of 58 cases including one for murder and looting and the rest for mutiny were filed in connection with the incident.
A Dhaka court on 5 November 2013 sentenced 152 soldiers of the erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles and two civilians to death and 161 others to life imprisonment for their involvement in the mutiny.
