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ARREST-BODYGUARD-SHAMIM
Bodyguards of GK Shamim shown arrested in money laundering case
DHAKA, Sept 26, 2019 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today shown seven bodyguards
of contractor Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim, arrested in a case lodged
with Gulshan Police Station under money laundering prevention act.
The bodyguards are- Delwar Hossain, Murad Hossain, Jahidul Islam,
Shahidul Islam, Kamal Hossain, Samsad Hossain and Aminul Islam.
Police today produced the accused before court of Dhaka Metropolitan
Magistrate Devdas Chandra Adhikari and pleaded to show them arrested in the
case initially filed against their client GK Shamim.
Allowing the police plea, the court passed the order.
Meanwhile, police also produced them before another court and pleaded to
keep them behind bars till the end of probe in the arms case lodged against
them. Their counsels, however, moved for their bail.
After holding hearing on the matter, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate
Habibur Rahman Chowdhury sent the seven to jail and set September 29 to hold
hearing on their bail pleas.
Earlier on September 21, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate
Begum Mahmuda Akter placed Shamim on five-day remand in arms case and five-
day remand in narcotics case as Gulshan police produced him before court and
pleaded to put him on total 14-day remand in the two cases.
The court also placed seven of his bodyguards on four-day remand each in
arms case.
Earlier Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) filed three cases, one under arms
act, one under narcotics act and another under money laundering prevention
act.
A mobile court of the RAB led by Executive Magistrate Sarwar Alam
surrounded Shamim’s business office at Niketan and conducted the raid on the
afternoon of September 20.
Shamim, who used to con people by identifying himself as a leader of
Jubo League, was detained along with his seven bodyguards and around Taka two
crore in cash and Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) of about Taka 165 crore were
seized from his capital’s Niketan office.
Apart from the money, the elite anti-crime force also recovered illegal
firearms, ammunition and drugs from Shamim’s office.
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