Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed separate cases against expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Chowdhury Samrat and his aide Enamul Hoque Arman on charges of amassing illegal wealth.
The cases were filed with the ACC’s coordinated district office, Dhaka-1, on Tuesday, said ACC’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
Samrat is accused of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk three crore while Arman is accused, amassing Tk 2,5 crore.
The commission has also learnt that Samrat has illegal wealth worth Tk 1,000 crore abroad, the PRO said.
On October 6, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested Samrat, former President of Dhaka South Jubo League, and his close aide Arman, former Vice-President of the same unit, in Cumilla after raiding a house near Indian border.
He came under the spotlight after RAB busted his illegal casino business in Dhaka’s Motijheel. He was expelled from
the Jubo League after his arrest.
Samrat was then brought to the capital. The elite force thereafter conducted operations at various establishments where the Jubo League leader either lived or carried out political and business activities.
RAB also took Samrat in his political office in Kakrail where he had been reportedly staying since the crackdown began on September 18.
A RAB mobile court awarded Samrat six months’ imprisonment for possessing wild animal hides and another six months for possessing illegal liquor.
RAB filed two cases against him with Ramna Police Station the following day.
On September 24, the government imposed a travel ban on Samrat. Earlier on October 13, Samrat’s mother Sayera Khatun Chowdhury said that her son was implicated in the cases due to personal and political vengeance.
