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Ctg arms haul hearing postponed
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, Ctg
Hearing of the Chittagong arms case could not be held here yesterday as the court remained adjourned due to a sense of insecurity prevailing among the judges following the bomb attack in Jhalakathi that had killed two judges in the morning.
The hearing of the case filed under the Arms Act in connection with the smuggling of 10 truck-load of deadly weapons and a large quantity of ammunition at the jetty of the Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited on April 2, 2004, was scheduled to be held at the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court. The prime suspect of the case Hafizur Rahman alias Hafiz was brought to Chittagong for production before the court for the first time yesterday since his arrest in Dhaka last month.
The other accused who are now behind bars and the witnesses were also ready to appear in the court on schedule when Judge AKM Anwar Hossain announced the adjournment of the court.
Immediately after the adjournment of the hearing the magistrates including Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Chittagong Sheikh Mobarak Hossain and the judges held a meeting with Chittagong Metropolitan Police Commissioner M Majedul Haq in the office of Metropolitan Sessions Judge AKM Anowar Hossain. The meeting decided to take necessary steps to increase security on and around the court premises.
The measures discussed include sending of letters to the ministries concerned asking them to ensure security of the judges and eviction of a large number of makeshift structures that have mushroomed all over the hill of Parir Pahar on which the court building is situated.
First Additional Sessions Judge Md Shahjahan is to inform the CMP commissioner about the eviction after discussing the matter with the deputy commissioner of Chittagong, sources said.
Only five witnesses have been heard so far in the case since the hearing of the arms case began here on July 7. One of the witnesses heard was also declared "hostile".
Meanwhile, hearing of the arms smuggling case filed under the Special Powers Act, in connection with the same incident, is scheduled to begin today.
The same court on October 24 framed charges in the arms smuggling case against 44 persons including prime suspects Hafizur Rahman alias Hafiz, Din Mohammad, Abul Kashem Madhu, Hajee Sobhan and Hajee Yakub.
Eleven of the accused including Din Mohammad and Madhu are in hiding and 28 are on bail. Only five are now in jail. They are Saifuddin Ahmed, Firoze Ahmed, Saleh Jahur, Osman Mistri and Manir Ahmad.