'Seized materials from courier service not military weapons’

After initial examination of the seized materials from a courier service office in the city on August 8, a team of military explosive experts have said those are neither military weapons nor part of military weaponry.
"Twenty-nine materials, recovered from Trans Air Express Courier Service at Arambagh, are 'line throwing rocket fuse'. Those are used as signal flares from ship to ship or ship to shore in rescuing operations," they added.
It is perceived from the words inscribed on the line throwing rocket fuses, weighing 670 to 700 grams each, that those may contain very low capacity flammable explosives for creating force, sources said, adding that their range is only 250 metres and those are a type of rocket projectile.
They said although involvement of any militant group was not found behind the smuggling of those fuses, it is very suspicious as those were destined for India.
A team of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) seized the 29 fuses after raiding Trans Air Express Courier Service.
They also arrested three people Rezaul Karim, Nur Alam alias Badal and Sayed Kamruzzaman alias Kamrul alias Tanu who are now on a five- day remand.
Around 15 days before the recovery, those materials were taken in a carton to Trans Air Express Courier Service by one Siraj Uddin Lalu of Johnson Road in Old Dhaka for sending them to Kolkata.
Besides, those were sent to Lalu from Rainbow Marine and Navigation, a marine equipment seller and suppliers in Chittagong.
Experts said for whom those materials were being sent and for what purpose will be clear once Lalu and owners of Trans Air Express Courier Service and Rainbow Marine and Navigation are arrested.