Ex-DIG quizzed in Ctg arms haul case

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) here yesterday interrogated former deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Shamsul Islam in connection with the sensational Chittagong arms haul case.
Shamsul Islam was the DIG of special branch and a member of the five-member probe committee the home ministry formed following the seizure of ten truckloads of firearms on April 02, 2004.
The investigators started quizzing Shamsul Islam around 10:45am and continued till 4:30pm at the CID Chittagong divisional headquarters at Dampara Police Lines.
They inquired about the high-level probe committee's findings that implicated only five persons creating scope for most of those involved in the incident escape the charge, said the sources in CID.
The former DIG said they had to submit the probe report in a haste following the directive of former home secretary Omar Faruk who led the probe body, the sources added.
Besides, the investigation was in the primary stage while time constraint was also a factor, said Muniruzzaman Chowdhury, investigation officer (IO) of the case and a senior ASP of CID Chittagong region, quoting Shamsul Islam.
The then National Security Intelligence (NSI) director Enamur Rahman Chowdhury, another member of the committee, would also be interrogated within next two weeks, said IO Muniruzzaman.
Former DGFI director Maj Gen (retd) Rezaqul Haider Chowdhury and former CID DIG Farruk Ahmed Chowdhury were also in the probe committee as members. Rezaqul is now behind bars in connection with the case.