The High Court (HC) yesterday issued separate rules upon the government to explain why former National Security Intelligence (NSI) officials Major Gen (Retd) Rezaqul Haider Chowdhury and Sahab Uddin should not be granted bail in Chittagong arms haul case.
The HC bench of Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Md Rais Uddin issued the rule following separate bail petitions filed by Rezaqul and Sahab.
The bench asked the government to reply within 10 days to the rules issued on the petitions of Rezaqul and Sahab.
Detained former NSI director general Rezaqul Haider Chowdhury on July 19 filed two separate petitions with the HC, seeking bail in the cases against him in connection the sensational Chittagong arms haul.
Sahab Uddin, another former official of NSI, filed the bail petition with the HC on July 20.
Sahab Uddin was arrested on May 3 and Rezaqul on May 16 in connection with the 10 truckloads of weapons seized in Chittagong in April 2004.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam argued for the government, while Advocate AJ Mohammad Ali appeared for Rezaqul and Advocate Habibul Islam Bhuiyan stood for Sahab.