Ctg Arms Haul
Three accused surrender to court
Staff Correspondent, Ctg
Three accused in the sensational Chittagong arms haul case yesterday surrendered to a court, 11 months after the huge cache of arms and ammunition was seized on April 2 last year.They are Ataur Rahman alias Rahman, owner of RA Enterprise, Md Fazal Ahmad Chowdhury, owner of M/s Five Star, and alleged smuggler Md Akbar Ali. The accused surrendered to the Court of Metropolitan Sessions Judge at 1:30pm and prayed for bail. Judge (acting) Md Shahjahan decided to hear the bail prayers on the next hearing of the case on March 22 and sent the three to jail. Earlier, Public Prosecutor Advocate Abdus Satter appealed to the court to stay the bail prayers until March 22, the possible hearing date for charge framing. Sources said the three accused are members of a smuggling syndicate, which controls the jetty of Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Limited (CUFL). Ten truckloads of smuggled arms were hauled from the CUFL jetty on the Karnaphuli riverbank. Eleven of the 43 accused in the case are now behind the bar. Police arrested 22 accused but 14 of them are out on bail.
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