Arms Haul Case
Nizami's petition rejected
The High Court yesterday rejected a petition filed by Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami for scrapping the proceedings of a case against him filed under the arms act in connection with the 10-truck arms haul in Chittagong.
The court rejected his petition considering that it was not placed before the HC.
Deputy Attorney General Md Salim told The Daily Star that following the High Court order there is no legal bar to running the case against Nizami at the trial court.
The HC bench of Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore passed the order after hearing arguments from the counsel of Nizami and the deputy attorney general.
The same bench yesterday also dropped from its hearing list another petition submitted by Nizami for scrapping the proceedings of yet another case against him filed on charge of smuggling firearms following the 10-truck arms incident.
On April 2, 2004, police seized 10 trucks of weapons and ammunition from the Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Ltd jetty. Two cases were filed the next day with Karnaphuli Police Station -- one for smuggling firearms and the other under the arms act.
Nizami, former industries minister, filed two separate petitions with the HC for scrapping the proceedings against him in the two cases on November 27 this year.
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