<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>An accused in the BDR mutiny case died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday, police said.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased was identified as Md. Abed Ali, 57, son of late Masir Uddin. He was an accused in a case over 2009 BDR mutiny and an inmate of Dhaka Central Jail.</div><div><br></div><div>He was taken to DMCH on June 7 from jail after he fell sick and died in the medicine ward of the hospital at around 10:08am on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>DMCH police outpost In-Charge Inspector Md Bacchu Miah said the body was kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy.</div><div><br></div><div>Seventy-four people, including 57 army officials, were killed in the mutiny in the capital's Pilkhana headquarters of the erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on February 25 and 26 in 2009.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 58 cases, including one for murder and looting and the rest for mutiny, were filed in connection with the incident.</div><div><br></div><div>Some 152 people were sentenced to death and 423 others to different jail terms in the case. Besides, 277 accused were acquitted. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>