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| NSI officer remanded |
| 2009-04-27 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A Chittagong court yesterday placed National Security Intelligence (NSI) field-level officer Akbar Hossain Khan on a seven-day fresh remand in a case filed in connection with the sensational Chittagong arms haul. The Court of Metropolitan Magistrate Osman Gani granted the remand following a petition submitted by the investigation officer of the arms case Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Assistant Superintendent of Police Muniruzzaman for a 10-day fresh remand. The investigation officer made the petition on April 23 and the hearing was held yesterday. The prayer for fresh remand was made as the investigators failed to glean any remarkable information from Akbar during his two-day remand that ended on April 21. Earlier, the owner and manager of transport agency Greenways identified Akbar as the person who hired seven trucks and a crane from them. Those vehicles were used for the transportation of the huge firearms and ammunition hauled at Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Ltd jetty on April 2, 2004. "The NSI officer did not provide any information, during the two-day remand, about who instructed him to hire the trucks and the crane," Muniruzzaman said. On April 23, two more witnesses gave statements under Section-164 of CrPC indicating that Akbar was the person who hired the seven trucks and the crane from Greenways. Sheikh Ahmed, a Kodomtali-based transport broker, and Salim Ullah, an accountant of Greenways were the two witnesses. |
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