Defence starts placing arguments in 10-truck arms haul case at HC

The defence on the Excessive Court (HC) on the present time (8 December) started placing their arguments on demise references and appeals within the case lodged over 2004 Chattogram 10-truck arms haul.

Defence Counsel Point out Mohammad Shishir Manir started placing arguments on the Excessive Court division bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Nasreen Akter.

Earlier, the prosecution positioned their paper book within the case.

Deputy Criminal dependable Long-established Sultana Akter Rubi took half within the hearing for the affirm, whereas Senior Point out SM Shahjahan and Point out Mohammad Shishir Manir stood for the defence.

The Excessive Court on 6 November started its hearing on demise references and appeals filed by the convicts.

Regulation enforcers and flee guard personnel seized ten truckload of arms, ammunition and explosives whereas those were being off- loaded at CUFL jetty home on the south-east monetary institution of the river Karnaphuli below Karnaphuli police attach on the evening of 1 April, 2004.

Two conditions were lodged tomorrow with Karnaphuli police attach, one below the Special Powers Act and the assorted below the Palms Act.

The trial court docket concerned on 30 January 2014 sentenced 14 of us including passe industries minister and Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami and passe affirm minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar to demise within the case lodged below the Special Powers Act.

The court docket additionally sentenced them to life time length imprisonment within the case filed below the Palms Act.