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CTG ARMS HAUL

AL demands Interpol probe

Staff Correspondent
The main opposition Awami League (AL) yesterday demanded that the government ask Interpol to open an investigation into the largest arms haul in Chittagong for security of Bangladesh.
"Industries Minister Matiur Rahman Nizami's statement justifies our demand for the international probe as he said a mafia gang has links to it," AL General Secretary Abdul Jalil said at a press conference at the party's Dhanmondi office.
The AL leader wanted explanations for the observations Nizami,
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also a leader of ruling coalition partner Jamaat-e-Islami, and State Minister for Home Lutfozzaman Babar made in newspapers on Friday's arms seizure.
"Babar said the huge load of weapons was brought in to run subversive activities in Bangladesh," the AL leader said, brushing aside the state minister's speculation on any link between the arms haul and the April 30 opposition deadline for fall of the government.
"The Awami League does not believe in armed politics. It believes in people's politics. We are pressing ahead with an anti-government movement in a democratic way. Our main demand -- snap polls -- is not unusual in parliamentary democracy," he said.
On the alleged unloading of illegal arms on Chittagong coast in the presence of police under the cover of dark, the AL leader said, "Who instructed the policemen to guard the off-loading? Such a huge consignment of arms could not enter a high-profile area without the green light from government high-ups."
A naval establishment, an air force radar station and the Marine Academy are close to Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Limited, where 10 truckloads of firearms including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and rockets were busted, he pointed out.
Jalil said the fertiliser factory is under the industries ministry with a top alliance leader at the helm.
The AL leader asked the ruling coalition: Who was the labour
contractor close to the local BNP lawmaker. Who was supervising the unloading of arms?
"Whenever the BNP comes to power, illegal arms get easy access to Bangladesh, now a safe transit route for gunrunning," he alleged, recalling the March 24, 1996 arms seizure when the BNP was in office and the 2003 haul of ammunition and explosives seized in Bogra.