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Bogra ammo haul

AL has no faith in police probe, wants judicial inquiry

UNB, Dhaka
The Awami (AL) League yesterday demanded judicial and parliamentary inquiry into the Bogra ammunition and explosive haul, saying it has lost confidence in police investigation after the prime minister pointed her accusing finger at the main opposition.
"The statements of the prime minister and home minister are a clear violation of the country's existing laws and interference in the normal course of investigation. After such statements from the head of the government and the home minister, police cannot conduct proper inquiry," said Deputy Leader of the Opposition Abdul Hamid Advocate.
Hamid, who earlier led an AL parliamentary team including some retired military officers to the places where the ammunition and explosives were found, was making his observations on the matter at a press conference here yesterday.
He demanded a judicial as well as an all-party parliamentary inquiry into the biggest ever haul of ammunition and explosives.
Other members of the AL parliamentary team were Opposition Whip Col (Retd) Farook Khan MP and Motahar Hossain MP. Exmilitary officers who accompanied the team as experts are former army chief General (Retd) Mustafizur Rahman and Col (Retd) Saqlain Hossain, an expert on arms, ammunition and explosives.
Hamid termed the haul as a serious matter and asked the government not to show 'childish attitude' by blaming the opposition. Such attitude, he said, would help the main culprits to go scot-free.
"It would have been disastrous if the ammunition was brought for use inside the country. If it was in transit through Bangladesh to another country, that would be another serious matter because in that case the other country would not consider it a mere smuggling but rather think that Bangladesh government is involved in it," he said.
Hamid said the AL parliamentary
team had visited Bogra on July 3-4 to help the government and the administration in finding out the culprits, but the deputy commissioner and superintendent of police did not meet the team members although they waited for hours for the officials.
He said those who have been implicated in the incident are poor people who could not even afford two square meals a day. "How could they get involved in dealing with 2.5 tons of ammunition and explosives worth Tk 20 crore," he said.
Hamid said only Pintu -- the person near whose house the ammunition and explosives were recovered -- is involved with Awami League. But the others including Jabbar, Joynal, Razzaq, Abedin, Firoz and Rais are members of either BNP or Jamaat-e-Islami or the Jatiya Party (JP).
"But while the identity of Pintu was widely publicised to give the impression that the Awami League was involved in the case, identities of the rest were not properly disclosed by the government. People understand the government's design ... it will only help the real culprits to go scot-free," he added.
Presenting a list of purchases Pintu made from a local grocery shop, Hamid asked if it was believable that a person buying sugar of Tk 2.5 and coconut oil of Tk 3.5 with a maximum allowable credit of Tk 25 could be involved in such a high stake crime.
"Pintu is involved with unionlevel Awami League while others with BNP, Jamaat and JP. These people can't make such a big deal. I would say a big and influential quarter is involved in the case, working from behind the scene. A judicial inquiry would find them out," he said.
Hamid said while some ammunition and explosives were recovered from a bush in the backyard of Pintu's house, a large quantity was found inside the house of Jabbar, who is involved with the BNP. And Jabbar's wife told local police that her husband was involved with the politics of the ruling party, he added.