24 hand grenades went missing

Twenty four hand grenades, present on the seizure list, were found missing when the 10-truck arms were being handed over to Chittagong Cantonment on April 3, 2004, the day after the seizure, said a prosecution witness yesterday.
As per the list, the arms to magazine ratio should have been 1:4. But 32 magazines were found having no corresponding arms. The witness stole the eight missing arms, accused the defence.
The witness, Ahadur Rahman, plaintiff of the 10-truck arms haul cases and the one to make the list, denied the allegation while being cross-examined before the Metropolitan Special Tribunal-1 Judge SM Mojibur Rahman in Chittagong.
The counsel of accused former National Security Intelligence director general Brig Gen (retd) Abdur Rahim also accused Ahadur of stealing two submachine guns and a magazine by keeping those off the list.
Ahadur, formerly an officer-in-charge of Karnaphuli Police Station, denied the allegation. He also said he had not mentioned Rahim's name in his earlier statement “due to the pressure of the then situation”.
Two cases were filed -- one for smuggling firearms and the other under the arms act -- a day after the seizure at a jetty of Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Ltd in Chittagong.