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Ctg Arms Haul Case

Further probe, IO change ordered

Staff Correspondent, ctg
A Chittagong court yesterday ordered further investigation into the sensational Chittagong arms haul case of2004 and change of the investigation officer (IO) of the case for the third time.
Ten truckloads of weapons and ammunition were captured at Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Ltd jetty on the Kamaphuli April 02, 2004.
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Bhavani Prasad Singh yesterday ordered additional inspector general of police (CID) to appoint a new IO replacing the current IO, Assistant Superintendent df Police (ASP) of CID Ismail Hossain Khan, after Public Prosecutor
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Ahsanul Hoque Hena appealed for the order.
In his appeal, Hena said-interrogation of Jamaat-e-Islami leader and former industries minister Matiur Rahman Nizami and former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar is necessary to unearth the mystery of the arms and smug-glingcase.
The mystery over the identity of the smugglers and the destination and place of origin of the firearms and ammunition remains unsolved even after 56 months.
In the country's largest-ever arms haul, joint forces seized 10 truckloads of 10,000 arms, including submachine-guns, AK 47 rifles, rocket propelled grenades and their launchers, 2,000 grenades and three lakh bullets in the early hours on April 2,2004.
The arms and ammunition were stuffed in 1,500 wooden boxes and seized during unloading from two trawlers, MV Khazar Dan and FB Amanat, at the jetty.
There were 690 7.62mm SMG-T-56-1. 600 7.62mm SMG T-56-2, 400 9mm automatic carbine (model 320),
100 tommy automatic rifles, 150 40mm rocket launcher T-69,2000 Launching Tubes (Ugo Rifles), 150 sight for 40mm rocket launchers, 2,792 magazines of SMG T-56-1, 2,400 magazines of SMG T-56-2, 800 magazines of 9mm automatic carbines, 400 magazines for tommy rifles, 400,000 7.25x25 ball pistol bullets, 739,680 bullets of T-56 pistol, 840 40mm rocket heads of T-69 launchers and 25,020 NV hand grenades among the captured arms and ammunition.
Earlier, the then CID ASP AKM Kabir Uddin had submitted the charge sheet twice after investigation into the case and ASP Ismail Hossain Khan was conducting further investigation into the case as of yesterday.
"After today's court order, an SP of CID or higher ranked officer will have to probe the case. Additional six-month time was given in two phases to the last IO Ismail who was scheduled to submit his report today (Sunday]. As he (Ismail] failed to do so, I appealed to change him and appoint a new IO,” Hena told reporters.
In his appeal, Hena said.
"The then deputy commissioner (port) of Chittagong “ Metropolitan Policir tCMPY high official^ of special branch, and the then home and industries ministers are concerned parties in the case and they all are required to be quizzed."
On quizzing former ministers Nizami and Babar, Hena told reporters that the state minister for home could not skip his responsibility considering the circumstances as his ministry was somehow aware of the incident beforehand while the then industries minister Nizami must respond to the question how the arms-laden trawlers were anchored at the jetty, which is under his ministry.
Two cases were filed with the Karnaphuli Police Station after the arms and ammunition were seized during off-loading from the boats.
One of the cases was lodged under section-25/B of the Special Power Act for arms smuggling and the other under section-19 (ka) of the Arms Act.
However, out of the 44 accused in these two cases, all except two are now on bail.