DHAKA, Oct 13, 2019 (BSS) – A court here today placed Selim Pradhan,
alleged kingpin behind online casino business in the country, and two of his
cohorts on a five-day remand each in a money-laundering case filed with
Gulshan Police Station.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sabbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury passed the
order as Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police inspector Shahidul
Islam on October 9 filed a plea to place Selim, Akteruzzaman and Rokon on a
10-day remand.
The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Moinul Islam on October 3
placed the trio on a 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 offices.