Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05DHAKA906
2005-03-01 11:53:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Dhaka
Cable title:  

BDG PROVIDES LIMITED KIBRIA CASE MATERIALS

Tags:  KCRM PTER PGOV BG 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L DHAKA 000906 

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

NEW DELHI FOR LEGATT

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/01/2010
TAGS: KCRM PTER PGOV BG
SUBJECT: BDG PROVIDES LIMITED KIBRIA CASE MATERIALS

REF: DHAKA 0810

Classified By: P/E Counselor D.C. McCullough, reason para 1.4 d.

C O N F I D E N T I A L DHAKA 000906

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

NEW DELHI FOR LEGATT

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/01/2010
TAGS: KCRM PTER PGOV BG
SUBJECT: BDG PROVIDES LIMITED KIBRIA CASE MATERIALS

REF: DHAKA 0810

Classified By: P/E Counselor D.C. McCullough, reason para 1.4 d.


1. (SBU) On March 1, Home Ministry Joint Secretary Mohammad
Mohsin conveyed to us the following Kibria investigation case
materials:

-- 34 photographs of the crime scene, bloodied victims, and
apparent grenade fragments/pieces
-- "The Investigation Report on Explosion Incident"
-- A small sketch of the attack scene
-- "State of Investigation" update
-- Translation of the Bangla post mortem form with
hard-to-read copies of the originals.


2. (SBU) The 1.5-page "Investigation Report" prepared by an
ammunition technical officer attached to a Rapid Action
Battalion Bomb Disposal Unit is primarily a basic description
of the attack area and the attack itself. Under Collection
of Evidence, it is stated that investigators recovered steel
balls, an "igneferous detonator head," and a "fly off lever"
indicating that the explosion was caused by an
"Anti-Personnel Hand Grenade of ARGES Origin."


3. (SBU) The one-page unsigned "State of Investigation"
update mostly recounts the incident and the casualties. It
concludes: "The statements of the witnesses as well as the
suspects do not seem to be corroborative. However, the
doubtful statements are being verified and examined. No
concrete opinion could be formed yet and therefore no formal
statement could recorded according to law."


4. (SBU) We are forwarding the case materials for assessment
to A/LEGATT in New Delhi, and will advise the BDG accordingly.


5. (C) Comment: There appears to be little information here
of investigative as opposed to descriptive value. The BDG
continues to balk at providing witness statements or details
on what appear to be flimsy grounds.
THOMAS