The Excessive Court docket has acquitted worn say minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar and five others, who were sentenced to loss of life, within the 10-truck arms haul case in Chattogram.
The bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Nasreen Akhter launched the verdict on the unusual time (18 December).
United Liberation Entrance of Assam (ULFA) leader Paresh Baruah has been sentenced to existence imprisonment barely than his outdated loss of life sentence.
The opposite loss of life row convicts who were acquitted are – worn NSI DG Maj Gen (retired) Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury, worn managing director of Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Restricted (CUFL) Mohsin Uddin Talukder, worn CUFL total supervisor (administration) KM Enamul Haq, worn acting industries secretary Nurul Amin.
Among the acquitted accused, worn Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami and worn NSI DG Brig Gen (retired) Abdur Rahim fill died, so the conditions against them fill become ineffective.
Those sentenced to 10 years in penal complex are – worn NSI enviornment officer Akbar Hossain Khan, worn NSI deputy director Maj (retired) Liakat Hossain, worn DGFI director (security) hover commander Shahabuddin Ahmed, accused smuggler Hafizur Rahman, Moinuddin, and trawler owner Haji Abdur Sobhan.
The court gave the verdict after disregarding the loss of life references of the accused and allowing their appeals.
Earlier on 6 November, hearing on the loss of life reference and jail appeals against a lower court verdict within the highly-publicised 10-truck arms haul case began.
Lawyers, in conjunction with SM Shahjahan, presented appeals for Babar, worn DGFI DG Rezzakul Haider, and other defendants, not easy their loss of life sentences and jail terms.
Point out Shahjahan acknowledged the charges within the case’s First Recordsdata File were unsuitable, and the evidence insufficient, contending that punishing the defendants would be against justice.
Outmoded Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami used to be also sentenced to loss of life within the case but used to be excluded after his execution in a separate battle crimes case.
Paresh received a loss of life sentence within the case.
On 30 January 2014, Chattogram’s Particular Tribunal-1 sentenced 14 participants to loss of life in a smuggling case connected to the 10-truck arms haul, in conjunction with worn industries minister and Matiur Rahman Nizami (who has since been performed), Babar, and Paresh Baruah.
The same defendants received existence sentences in a separate arms case, along with extra seven-twelve months terms. Each and every convict used to be fined Tk5 lakh as successfully.
Other loss of life row convicts were – worn NSI DG Maj Gen (retired) Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury, worn NSI DG Brig Gen (retired) Abdur Rahim, worn DGFI director (security) hover commander Shahabuddin Ahmed, worn NSI deputy director Maj (retired) Liakat Hossain, worn NSI enviornment officer Akbar Hossain Khan, worn managing director of Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Restricted (CUFL) Mohsin Uddin Talukder, worn CUFL total supervisor (administration) KM Enamul Haq, worn acting industries secretary Nurul Amin, accused smuggler Hafizur Rahman, labour dealer Din Mohammad, and trawler owner Haji Abdur Sobhan.
On 1 April 2004, law enforcement officials seized a successfully-organized cache of weapons whereas they were being unloaded on the CUFL jetty.
Ten autos were required to transfer the weapons, which had reportedly been smuggled thru the Bay of Bengal and introduced up the Karnaphuli River.
Excessive-ranking officials and say intelligence agencies were accused of being responsive to or occupied with the smuggling. The trial began on 6 July 2005.
