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Chittagong Correspondent

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), a specialized agency of the police, has again been engaged for reinvestigating the biggest ever arms and ammo haul case took detected here in the port city in 2004.

The court of Metropolitan Sessions Judge in Chittagong yesterday ordered the CID to carry out total reinvestigation of the case following a petition from the Commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) M Akbar Ali.

The court heard the petition and subsequently asked the Additional Inspector General (AIG) of the CID to takeover the case for reinvestigation. The court also set deadline for submitting the latest findings on or before April 5 this year.

The Commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police earlier tabled a petition seeking appointment of the CID for reinvestigation of the case. The Public Prosecutor now moving with the case expressed dissatisfaction over the charge-sheet produced earlier and called it defective.

Sophisticated military hardware laden in 10 trucks were seized from the jetty of Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited (CUFL) on April 1, 2004.