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Police seized arms
Police seized 4,930 types of sophisticated firearms, 27,020 grenades, 840 rocket launchers, 300 rockets, 2,000 grenade launching tubes, 6,392 magazines and 11,40,520 bullets when they were being loaded on to 10 trucks from two engine-boats at the jetty of the CUFL -
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10 Truck arms haul
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Cases filed
Ahadur Rahman, the then Karnaphuli police officer-in-charge, filed the two cases – one under section 19 (A) of Arms Act and the other for smuggling under section 25 (B) of Special Power Act -
Handed over to CID
The cases were handed over to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Chittagong when Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Kabir Uddin was appointed as investigation officer -
1st Charge sheet
CID ASP Kabir Uddin submitted the first charge sheets accusing 39 persons in the arms case. -
Supplementary charge sheet
ASP Mir Nawsher Ali of the CID who was appointed as the third investigation officer of the cases submitted the supplementary charge sheet of the arms case implicating 43 persons -
Charge sheet
ASP Mir Nawsher Ali submitted charge sheet in the smuggling case implicating 45 persons -
Discontent petition & charge framing
PP Abdus Sattar filed discontent petition before the court while the court framed charges against the accused -
Trial started
The trial started with the deposition of OC Ahadur -
Trial ending
The trial on 10-truck arms haul ends -
Further investigation plea
Additional Public Prosecutor Humayun Kabir Rasel, a state-side lawyer, pleaded before the court for further investigation into the two cases -
Court order for further investigation
The court of Metropolitan Session Judge ANM Bashirullan ordered further investigation into the cases. The court in its order directed to investigate seven specific points in the further investigation -
5th investigation officer appointed
ASP Moniruzzaman was appointed as the fifth investigation officer after a court order to replace Ismail Hossain on an appeal by the state lawyer. -
Supplementary charge sheet implicating Babar & Nizami
ASP Moniruzzaman submitted supplementary charge sheets implicating 11 more persons including former industries minister Matiur Rahman Nizami, former state minister for home affairs Lufozzaman Babar. He mentioned 265 prosecution witnesses in the supplementary charge sheet -
Trial started in CM special Tribunal-1
The court of Chittagong Metropolitan Special Tribunal-1 SM Mujibur Rahman framed the charges against the accused in both cases November 15, 2009 and the trial started -
Verdict delivery date announced
Tribunal fixed the date for delivering the verdict in the arms haul case. -
Verdict
A Chittagong special court has sentenced 14, including two ministers -- Matiur Rahman Nizami and Lutfozzaman Babar -- of the then BNP government, to death in arms smuggling case of the 10-truck arms haul -
