Police filed four cases with Kahalu and Dupchanchia police stations after the recovery of around 1 lakh bullets and 174 kg RDX explosives from different places of the two upazilas on June 27 night and the following day in 2003.

But proceedings of the cases regarding the country's second largest ammunition and explosives recovery remained stalled for the last 28 months as the High Court ordered stopping proceedings of the cases following a revision petition filed by one of the accused in the cases, Atiqur Rahman Dulu, on February 29 in 2005.

Three months after the haul, police submitted charge sheet of the cases against local Awami Krishak League activist Akhlaqur Rahman, his wife Anwara Begum Bithi, truck driver Altu Mia, Ashish Kumar Barmon and Bogra Jubo League leader Atiqur Rahman Dulu.

Questions rose whether it was possible for the low profile people to smuggle in such a huge cache of bullets and explosives while the investigators have not yet succeeded in detecting the people behind the scene, the destination of the seized ammunition and the motive behind the act.

Akhlaqur Rahman has been absconding since the filing of the cases.

Kahalu police on June 27 night recovered 62,100 bullets and 115kg RDX from under the stack of pineapples in a truck when a group of day labourers were unloading pineapples at Jogarpara village, goes the case statement.

After a large-scale search the following day, the police recovered more bullets and explosives totaling 99,999 and 174kg RDX from different areas of Kahalu and Dupchanchia upazilas of Bogra district.