DHAKA, Oct 13, 2019 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today sent corrupt contractor
Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim to jail as police produced him before the
court after end of his five-day remand in a money laundering case.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury passed the
order as investigation officer (IO) and CID senior assistant superintendant
of police Abu Sayeed produced Shamim before the court and pleaded to keep him
behind bars until the end of probe in the case. Shamim’s counsel however,
pleaded for his bail.
After hearing both the sides, the court sent Shamim to jail.
A Dhaka court on October 2 placed Shamim on a total of nine-day remand in
two cases lodged under anti-money laundering and arms acts.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim passed the order, putting
Shamim on a five-day remand in the case lodged under Money Laundering
Prevention Act and four-day remand in the arms case.
Earlier the police produced him before the court after end of his 10-day
remand in weapon and narcotics cases. The court of Dhaka Metropolitan
Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain at the time allowed a police plea to show Shamim
arrested in anti-money laundering case.
Earlier on September 21, court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum
Mahmuda Akter placed Shamim on a 10-day remand in two cases lodged under
weapon and narcotics acts.
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, were 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.