Criminal Investigation Department has completed its extended investigation into arms haul in 2004 when a 10-truck loads of weapons reportedly destined to hideouts of India's separatist United Liberation Front of Assam, official said Sunday.
'We are now set to submit the supplementary charge sheet based on our (extended) investigations within the stipulated deadline June 29,' a senior official of the Criminal Investigation Department told the news agency.
He said public prosecutor Kamal Uddin gave consent to the memorandum of evidence okaying the report while the case documents were being sent to CID headquarters in Dhaka for vetting in next two days.
The extended investigations were carried out under a court order as the case was initially brought for trial before the Metropolitan Session Judge of Chittagong on February 12, 2008.
But the deadline for submission of the charge sheet was delayed as the CID required extended time for unveiling the 'revealing facts' behind the abortive weapon smuggling as the court extended the deadline for 17 times on prayers by the investigators.
CID officials said they would seek indictment of now detained former state minister for home Lutfuzzaman Babar and former industries minister Motiur Rahman Nizami and ULFA leader Paresh Barua, ex-director general of National Security Intelligence retired brigadier general Abdur Rahim, ex-director general of Forces Intelligence ex-major general Rezzaqul Haider Chowdhury.
The other suspects were former additional secretary of the industries ministry Nurul Amin, former managing director of Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Limited Mohsin Talukdar and its former director general (administration) Enamul Haque, former NSI director retired wing commander Sahab Uddin, former NSI deputy director retired major Liakat Hossain and its field officer Akbar Hossain Khan.
Of the 11 suspects nine were now in jail to face the trial in person while Paresh Barua and Nurul Amin are on the run to evade the justice and CID has sought INTERPOL assistance to arrest Paresh Barua as he is believed to be hiding abroad.
Earlier, former industries secretary Shoeb Ahmed, former Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation chairman retired major general Imamuzzaman, former commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police SM Sabbir Ali and several other intelligence and security officials gave their statements before a magistrate on their knowledge and idea about the haul.
'Their statements revealed astounding information relating to the involvement of several high-profile people including Babar in the haul,' a CID official familiar with the developments said.
Source : New Age
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