Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed on Saturday said the BDR mutineers and killers of the army officers at BDR headquarters would be tried under the proper laws.

"The trial would be proper and fair. No innocents would be implicated in the case and the trial would start after the investigations into the BDR carnage is over," the minister told reporters after the inauguration of a 10-bed coronary care unit (CCU) at the Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute (ICHRI), a subsidiary organ of Bangladesh Diabetic Association (BDA).

The law minister attended the function as the chief guest with ICHRI Board Chairman Prof Mahmud Hasan in the chair.

Barrister Shafique said like the Army Act or BDR Act, there are laws to deal with rebellions of the paramilitary force. The minister, however, said after submission of investigation reports on the massacre, the government would decide under which laws the trial would be held.

In response to another query, he said that the trials of Bangabandhu murder case and war criminals will be held accordingly and the BDR carnage would not have any effect on those.

On a query of raising objection by an US human rights organisation to try the BDR mutineers under the court martial, the law minister said the Army Act of 1952 is very much a constitutional rule, which was incorporated as the law of the land through the second amendment of the constitution.

He said," Such rules are existing in many countries, including India".

Source: BSS, Dhaka