Bogra Haul
HC asks govt to initiate probe, make finds public
UNB, Dhaka
The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday issued a rule upon the government to show cause why it should not be directed to conduct an inquiry into the ammunition haul in Bogra last month.The government was asked in an order by the HC to make the report public, because it involves national security. Barrister Mohammad Hamidur Rahman filed the writ. About one lakh rifle bullets and 200kg explosives were recovered from an abandoned truck covered with pineapples at Jogarpara and also from different places in Kahalu and Dhupchachia in June and July. The petitioner submitted that the matter was not only a cognizable offence, but it also involved the question of security of the country as well as the accountability and transparency of the government agencies. He further submitted that the whole nation was waiting for appropriate actions and clarification from the government on this matter. The government has kept the people in the dark about such a vital matter of national interest, he added. The petitioner argued, as a citizen of Bangladesh he has every right to know what action the government has taken about the huge ammunition and explosives haul in Kahalu and Dhupchachia upazila of Bogra district. Advocate Ashik Al Jalil appeared for the petitioner.
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