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REMAND-SELIM-MONEY LAUNDERING
CID wants Selim, 2 cohorts on 10-day fresh remand
DHAKA, Oct 9, 2019 (BSS)- Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of
police today pleaded to place Selim Pradhan, alleged kingpin behind online
casino business in the country, and two of his cohorts on 10-day remand in a
money-laundering case filed with Gulshan Police Station.
CID inspector Shahidul Islam filed the plea with the court of Dhaka
Metropolitan Magistrate Sabbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury. The court set October
13 to hold hearing on the matter.
The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Moinul Islam on October 3
placed Selim Pradhan, his cohorts Akteruzzaman and Rokon on four-day remand
each in a case lodged over narcotics act.
Earlier on that morning, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate
Dhiman Chandra Mandal shown them arrested in the case.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on October 2 filed two cases, one for money
laundering and another for possessing narcotics, against Selim with Gulshan
Police Station.
Earlier on October 1, RAB mobile court sentenced him to six months
imprisonment for keeping two deer hides.
RAB arrested Selim from a Bangkok bound flight at Hazrat Shahjalal
International Airport on September 30. They later raided Selim’s two offices
in Gulshan and Banani.
RAB seized 48 bottles of foreign liquor, Taka 29 lakh, foreign currency
of Taka 77 lakh, 12 passports, one computer server, four laptops and two deer
hides from his
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