Staff Reporter :
Dhaka court placed Selim Pradhan, the mastermind behind online illegal casino business, and his two associates on five-day remand each in a case filed for money laundering.
The two associates were named as Aktharuzzaman and Rokan.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasin Ahsan Chowdhry gave the order on Sunday. On October 9, Investigation Officer (IO) and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Inspector Shahidul Islam Khan produced the trio in the court and pleaded for 10-day remand. The court set October 13 for remand hearing.
On October 3, another Dhaka court placed the trio on four days remand each in a case filed under Narcotics Control Act.
RAB picked up Selim Prodhan from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport when he was about to fly to Bangkok on September 30.
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.
A RAB team raided two offices of Selim Prodhan and seized Tk. 29 lakh in cash, currencies of 23 countries worth over Tk. 77 lakh, and 32 cheques of 23 banks worth Tk. 8 crore, 48 bottles of illegal foreign liquor, four laptops and two deer skins.
RAB said that Selim used to run online casino business. Money earned from that illegal business would be deposited to three gateways. Later, Selim would draw out the money and deposit them in three different bank accounts.
He used to send the money abroad by his men or by other means, even to London.
