Dhaka, Feb 22 (UNB)-BDR rebels stand trial in their mutiny-mired Durbar Hall of the Pilkhana headquarters of the border force as the central special court sits there tomorrow (Tuesday), two days ahead of the first anniversary last year’s mayhem.

The special court-5 formed under the Bangladesh Rifles Order 1972 will try the BDR members of Dhaka Sector headquarters at Pilkhana who allegedly took part in the mutiny inside the BDR headquarters on February 25-26, official sources said.

Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Director-General Maj General Mainul Islam will preside over the special trial court, comprising three members, which will sit at noon. Two others will come from BDR officers. Besides, Mohammad Ullah Kislu, a representative nominated by the Attorney-General, will assist the court in the much-orchestrated mutiny trial as per law of the border force. Earlier last year, the government set up six special courts to try the accused--two in Dhaka and four outside the capital. On Feb 25-26, BDR personnel staged the mutiny at the BDR Headquarters at Pilkhana over low pay and poor condition, and the uprising sparked off mutinous demonstrations in other establishments of the paramilitary border force across the country. The court will hold the trial of the BDR men only for the mutiny, not the other acts of crime committed during the revolt, such as murders, looting and so. At least 73 people, including 57 army officers deputed to the border force, were killed at the BDR headquarters during the February 25-26, 2009 carnage.