Sergeant Helal Uddin of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has testified in court in the 10-truck arms case, claiming torture by RAB officials.
Helal Uddin was posted at Chittagong Coal Depot Police Outpost when 10 truckloads of arms were captured in Chittagong in 2004. Helal and another sergeant, Alauddin, were the first to spot the unloading of the weapons on the night of Apr 1, 2004.
He was heard on Sunday afternoon by Chittagong Metropolitan Sessions Judge and Senior Special Tribunal One Judge S M Mujibur Rahman. His statements were recorded for an hour before the session was dismissed. The remainder of the statement will be taken on Monday.
According to Helal, on Aug 19, 2005, he was called up by wireless to the Dhaka Detective Branch police headquarters, where he was detained by Rapid Action Battalion officials.
"When I was brought there, a Lt Col Gulzar asked me many questions about the 10-truck arms haul," Helal said in his statement. "Alauddin was also brought there."
"Then the two of us were sent to Chittagong RAB headquarters," he said.
"In Chittagong, I was called to RAB-7 director's room. When I went into the room and introduced myself, the director slapped me and threw me on the ground. He started beating me with a rod and broke my left leg," he said.
At one stage in his statement Helal broke into tears. The defence lawyers, however, were laughing at the moment.
"When I asked him what my fault was, he said, 'it is because of you that the country is in this state'. I replied that I was only following orders," Helal said.
The sergeant said he and sergeant Alauddin were sent to jail showing them arrested in an arms case in Noakhali. Later they both obtained bail and rejoined work.
During further investigation of this sensational case both sergeants told CID officers that the former National Security Intelligence Deputy Director Liakat Hossain was present during the unloading of weapons.
Helal Uddin was posted at Chittagong Coal Depot Police Outpost when 10 truckloads of arms were captured in Chittagong in 2004. Helal and another sergeant, Alauddin, were the first to spot the unloading of the weapons on the night of Apr 1, 2004.
He was heard on Sunday afternoon by Chittagong Metropolitan Sessions Judge and Senior Special Tribunal One Judge S M Mujibur Rahman. His statements were recorded for an hour before the session was dismissed. The remainder of the statement will be taken on Monday.
According to Helal, on Aug 19, 2005, he was called up by wireless to the Dhaka Detective Branch police headquarters, where he was detained by Rapid Action Battalion officials.
"When I was brought there, a Lt Col Gulzar asked me many questions about the 10-truck arms haul," Helal said in his statement. "Alauddin was also brought there."
"Then the two of us were sent to Chittagong RAB headquarters," he said.
"In Chittagong, I was called to RAB-7 director's room. When I went into the room and introduced myself, the director slapped me and threw me on the ground. He started beating me with a rod and broke my left leg," he said.
At one stage in his statement Helal broke into tears. The defence lawyers, however, were laughing at the moment.
"When I asked him what my fault was, he said, 'it is because of you that the country is in this state'. I replied that I was only following orders," Helal said.
The sergeant said he and sergeant Alauddin were sent to jail showing them arrested in an arms case in Noakhali. Later they both obtained bail and rejoined work.
During further investigation of this sensational case both sergeants told CID officers that the former National Security Intelligence Deputy Director Liakat Hossain was present during the unloading of weapons.
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