Trial
18 officers were brought into Military trail. 13 officers were sentenced to executed while 5 was given different prison sentences. The officers were arrested in between 1 and 3 June in 1981 and a court martial chaired by Major General Abdur Rahman began at Chittagong Central Jail on 10 July and ended on 28 July. 12 officers were executed. Major General Abdur Rahman was a Pakistan returned officer, later he was sent to France in 1983/84 as ambassador and died there mysteriously, his family claimed General Rahman was killed by government of Bangladesh.
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