What happened to the Ctg arms haul case?

Regrettably, the largest and most recent arms haul at Chittagong, that had brought to focus the entire gamut of the issue of illegal weapons, remains unsolved. The report of the investigation led by the Home Secretary has not been made public. We are completely in the dark as to the 'who', 'where' and 'how' of the entire episode, and the public cannot be faulted for any speculation, of which there are many, that the hush hush treatment of the matter has generated.

It is a fact that our territory is being used as a transit route of illegal weapons. However, a good portion of these has their consignees in Bangladesh too, but we have failed to anticipate the illegal transaction of these weapons.

Tap here to add The Daily Star as a trusted source

The spate of violence and terror that we see today in Bangladesh are the direct consequences of unbridled diffusion of illegal weapons in our society.

It needs no mention that there are two sides of proliferation of illegal weapons like any other commodity. There is the demand side of illegal weapons, which is complemented by the supply side. It is important that the government delves deep into the demand side of the issue as well the foreign linkages of the local dealers, if the unabated spread of illegal weapons is to be stemmed. This calls for a rigorous and serious investigation of all the cases of arms haul so far in Bangladesh.

The government's failure to unravel the cases of arms haul in Bangladesh is a cause for our concern as well as dismay.

The only way to curb the spread of illegal weapons is to go to the bottom of all these cases without any political bias so that the merchants of death can be identified and brought to justice.

Our national security demands this be done, without delay.