Bangladesh court sentences 152 to death for mutiny massacre Disgruntled troops entered the hall where their officers were meeting and started shooting. The bodies of 74, including 57 officers, were later found in mass graves and hidden inside man holes. The rebellion appeared to rattle the government which initially sought peace talks with the mutineers amid fears of a coup. The prime minister Sheikh Hasina later sent in tanks to end the siege. The head of Bangladesh's Border Guards, Major-General Aziz Ahmed, said he was satisfied with the verdict and sentences. It was a huge massacre. We are glad that justice has been delivered," he said. Outside the court the mother of Sepoy Lablu Gazi said he had been jailed without any evidence against him. He had arrived at the barracks to attend a course and became trapped during the fighting. My son was trapped there during mutiny and he is innocent,' said Sova Begum.