Court grants CID 76 more days for probe report
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
CHITTAGONG, Jan 4 (UNB): The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been allowed 76 more days for reporting the findings in the long-drawn investigation into the sensational case of 10-truck arms haul in the port city.
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Bhabani Prashad Singha granted the time extension today after hearing an appeal for three more months for submitting the report.
Public Prosecutor (PP) Kamal Uddin Ahmed submitted the CID's appeal before the court Sunday.
The court also fixed March 21 as the last date for compilation of the investigation findings.
With this, the plainclothes police got six time extensions so far for submission of their report.
Besides, the court, following an appeal of Hafizur Rahman, one of the accused in the case, asked the jail authorities "not to hamper his normal movement inside the prison".
Two cases - one under the Arms Act and another under the Smuggling Act - were filed with Karnaphuli police station after police seized 10 truckloads of arms at CUFL jetty on April 1, 2004.
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Bhabani Prashad Singha granted the time extension today after hearing an appeal for three more months for submitting the report.
Public Prosecutor (PP) Kamal Uddin Ahmed submitted the CID's appeal before the court Sunday.
The court also fixed March 21 as the last date for compilation of the investigation findings.
With this, the plainclothes police got six time extensions so far for submission of their report.
Besides, the court, following an appeal of Hafizur Rahman, one of the accused in the case, asked the jail authorities "not to hamper his normal movement inside the prison".
Two cases - one under the Arms Act and another under the Smuggling Act - were filed with Karnaphuli police station after police seized 10 truckloads of arms at CUFL jetty on April 1, 2004.