[Bangla Daily Star] Six naval officers who served in Bangladesh Coast Guard on deputation in 2004 were interrogated yesterday in connection with the Chittagong arms haul case. They appeared before the investigators at the Chittagong divisional headquarters of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at Dampara Police Line in the city in the afternoon following a notice served by the CID.Three of the six naval officers - Lt Commander Arif, Lt Commander Tafsir and Lt Commander Khorshid — were being interrogated till filing of this report last evening. Investigators let the other three go after recording their statements since they were on leave to sit for a departmental test for promotion at that time, said sources.
CID Chittagong Division Special Police Super (SSP) Mohammad Muslim confirmed the appearance of the six navy personnel before the investigators.
The CID served the notice to those who were on duty on the Karnaphuli River and the Bay of Bengal during the offloading of the 10-truckload of firearms and ammunition at Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Limited jetty in the early hours of April 02, 2009, he said.
As the CID investigators, through the home ministry, sought a list of the then coast guards, the Coast Guard Chittagong Zone provided it, said sources.
The CID was interrogating the then Coast Guard men as the main accused in the case, Hafizur Rahman, in a confessional statement on March 02, 2009 implicated them in helping two engine boats with the deadly consignment berth at CUFL jetty.