Two injured Indians-- Rajkanta Dev Varma and Hashir Dev Varmaarrested from the spot after a gunfight involving terrorists, BDR and Rab members, were accused in the cases. Charges were framed against them on January 30. They are in custody.

Statements of four prosecution witnesses out of 62 were recorded yesterday. Hearing will continue today.

However, the defence lawyers claimed the two arrestees were not Indians. They are tribal people, not involved in the incident. They are small traders and on the night of the incident they were going to hills to collect lemon. They have been implicated in the cases.

But, the prosecution lawyer argued that the two Indians were caught and firearms were recovered from their possession. They were linked with arms smuggling and other border crimes, the lawyer argued.

On a tip-off that a group of Indians had gathered on a hillock in Kiomolganj border, a 60-member Rab (Rapid Action Battalion) team from Dhaka and BDR troops raided the area on the night of May 26 last year.

In one and a half hours' gunfight, six persons were killed. The law enforcers recovered one SMG, six live grenades, four wireless sets, one country-made LG, 134 bullets, three cell phones, 8500 Indian rupees and Tk 1394 and arrested the two injured Indians. Eight suspects were also caught from nearby areas, according to reports published earlier.