Staff Reporter :
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has claimed that Mohammedan Sporting Club Director in-Charge M Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan siphoned off around Tk 41 crore in Australia.
Lokman, who was arrested Wednesday night for alleged link with the casino, admitted that he deposited around Tk 41 crore in ANZ Bank and Commonwealth Bank in Australia, Commanding Officer of Rab-2 Lt Col Ashique Billah said this at a press conference at his office on Thursday.
“In primary interrogation, Lokman admitted that he has become owner of a huge amount of money and property out of casino business,” he said.
Lokamn has around Tk 41 crore in cash and another Tk 3 crore worth of moveable property, he added.
He deposited a major portion of the money in ANZ bank and Commonwealth Bank in Australia as Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) since his son is now studying in Australia, the RAB official said.
RAB arrested Lokman Hossain, also a Director of Bangladesh Cricket Board, from his Monipuri Para residence on Wednesday night with four bottles of illegal liquor.
“We mainly arrested Lokman for his link with casino,” the CO said.
The RAB official said since the elite force started the anti-gambling operation from September 18, Lokman was hiding in different places, including in Narayanganj.
A team of Rab-2 launched a drive at the residence of Lokman in Monipuri Para of Tejgaon around 11:45pm and arrested him, Senior ASP Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan, Assistant Director (media and legal wing) of the force, told the media.
