[Bangla Daily Star] Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami was shown placed in durance vile on Wednesday in cases filed in connection with 10-truck arms haul in the port city.| That does seem rather a lot... |
| Prob'ly not the one that starts, "Hail Mary, full of grace..." |
Moniruzzaman, also the senior additional superintendent of police of Criminal Investigation Department, Chittagong, moved the petition at the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) in the morning while CMM court fixed the hearing at the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Fazlul Bari in the afternoon.
The court also allowed the Sherlocks to interrogate Nizami at Dhaka central Jail gate.
The petition stated that though Nizami was the then Industries Minister, he did not take any effective legal action in connection with the seizure of arms that unloaded at state-owned Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Limited (CUFL) jetty, which was under supervision of the ministry.
Nizami's indifferent attitude regarding the seizure of huge arms was also revealed in a statement given by the former chairman of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) Maj Gen Mohammad Imamuzzaman, said the petition.
Mentionable, Imamuzzaman in a judicial statement on October 5 last year before a Chittagong court stated that Nizami showed indifferent attitude to the seizure of 10-truck arms haul and ammunition. Nizami also asked the then BCIC chairman not to do anything since the home ministry was going to take steps regarding the incident.
Former state minister for Home Lutfozzaman Babar was shown placed in durance vile in the same cases earlier on October 3 last year.
CID has so far placed in durance vile several high officials including two former director generals (DG) of the NSI-- Maj Gen (retd) Rezzaqul Haider Chowdhury and Brig Gen (retd) Abdur Rahim Chowdhury, former director (security) Wing Commander (retd) Sahab Uddin, former deputy director (technical) Maj (retd) Liakat Hossain, NSI Field Officer Akbar Hossain, former CUFL managing director Mohsin Talukder and General Manager (Admin) Enamul Haq in connection with the arms haul case.