The High Court has directed the government to arrange adequate security for the three judges who are holding hearing on the death references and appeals of the 2009 Pilkhana carnage case.
The bench of Justice Md Shawkat Hossain, Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique and Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder issued the order on its own volition yesterday. It directed the home and law secretaries, the police chief and the DMP chief to take measures within seven days.
Deputy Attorney General KM Jahid Sarwar Kajol told reporters that the court’s order came considering that the case had the highest number of convicts.
The bench is hearing the death references of 152 convicts. The prosecution has so far submitted arguments for 132 death references.
At least 74 people, including 57 army officers, were killed in the 2009 carnage carried out by the members of the Border Guard Bangladesh, formerly Bangladesh Rifles.