Babar mum on police presence during arms offloading
Staff Correspondent
State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfuzzaman Babar yesterday avoided commenting on unloading of a huge amount of arms and ammunitions in presence of police at the jetty of a fertiliser factory, saying a body formed by a prime ministerial directive would investigate the matter.The high-powered probe body headed by the home secretary has already started working to find out how the huge arms cache made its way into Bangladesh, Babar told the BBC Radio last night. On his pre-investigation statement that the arms and ammunitions were brought in for planned subversive activities in Bangladesh, the minister said, "I made a clear statement. As the arms and ammunitions were found inside the country so we've enough reasons to believe that these are meant for use in the country." On the accusation brought by Awami League of the government's involvement, Babar said there was no reason for the government to be involved in arms trafficking and termed the opposition's accusation untenable. The government has attached the highest priority to the probe into the arms haul to ascertain the people responsible for the crime, he informed.
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