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Probes irk PM

She asks home to take railway break-in seriously

Staff Correspondent
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed disappointment over the break-ins at. railway offices in Dhaka and Chittagong and directed the home ministry to look into the matter seriously.
Law enforcers could not arrest anybody or ascertain their motives even three days after die incident. None of three probe committees formed after the incident made any headway. The probe committee formed to investigate the break-in in Chittagong termed the incident a simple theft.
One of the probe committees, headed by Nasrin Akhter, joint secretary (rail) of the communications ministry, finished its investigation yesterday and is supposed to submit the report today.
"We said lack of security measures was the reason behind such an incident. But we did not find the motive behind the break-in," said Mohammed Abdullah, a member of the probe committee, last night over telephone.
Nasrin Akhter said, "We tried to find out security holes so that we can prevent such incidents in future."
Officer-in-charge of Shahbagh Police Station Rezaul Karim,
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who is also investigating the incident, said it is impossible to conduct an investigation into the Railway Bhaban break-in incident without the help of railway officials.
Meanwhile, the police headquarters transferred the case to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from Shanbagli police.
"So far we have found nothing strong enough to make comments on," said Additional Inspector General of Police and chief of the Cl D Zaved Patwary.
The authorities beefed up police patrol around Railway Bhaban following the prime minister's directives.
The prime minister asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to take prompt actions against the people who were in charge of ensuring security to the important government establishment.
"Take fast-track actions against the people before carrying out any investigation." she told Home Minister Sahara Khatun at the National Implementation Committee on Administrative Reforms (NICAK) meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat.
Hasina expressed her surprise at how a group of miscreants carried out apparently a night-long raid at me railway headquarters in the capital.
"She (Hasina) said police are
now not being used for political purposes like it was during the previous regime. So why they failed to prevent it," the Prime Minister's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said while briefing newsmen after the meeting.
PROBE STATUS
Joint Director General (engineering) of Bangladesh Railway Habib Ahmed, who heads a probe committee formed by Bangladesh Railway, told The Daily Star, "We have so far taken statements of all 13 security guards on duty that night. Besides, about 30 officials of various ranks, including additional director general, director and deputy director, have submitted their written statements/'
Nasrin Akhter's committee also quizzed the security guards, lift operator and a number of office assistants
Our Chittagong office reports: Assistant Transport Officer (ATO) Omar Faruk, who heads the probe committee investigating the break-in at a Chittagong railway office, said he has so far found nothing special. He though the break-in was a simple theft since no important documents were stolen.
He. however, said they could not identify the people involved inthebreaK-in.
Faruk hoped to submit the probe report today.