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TRANSFER-CASE-SHAMIM
Case against GK Shamim, bodyguards transferred
DHAKA, Oct 28, 2019 (BSS) – A court here today transferred arms case
lodged against corrupt contractor Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim and his
seven bodyguards for further hearing.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Devdas Chandra Adhikari sent the matter to
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court after signing on the charge sheet
filed in the case on October 27.
Investigation officer and RAB-1 sub-inspector Shekhar Chandra Mallik filed
the charge sheet with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate court last afternoon.
The other seven accused are – Delwar Hossain, Murad Hossain, Jahidul
Islam, Shahidul Islam, Kamal Hossain, Samsad Hossain and Aminul Islam.
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.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) filed three cases, one under arms act, one
under narcotics act and another under money laundering prevention act against
Shamim, making his bodyguards co-accused in the arms case.
BSS/CORR/MHR/FI/ 1530 hrs