Court Correspondent :
GK Shamim and his seven bodyguards were shown arrested in a money laundering case yesterday (Thursday).
Magistrate Debdas Chandra Adhikary of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court of Dhaka granted the authorities to show the bodyguards and Shamim (a top government enlisted contractor) arrested in the case after Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Abu Sayeed of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) submitted a petition in the court.
Earlier, Detective Branch of Police produced the bodyguards before the court after the completion of their four-day remand in an arms case.
The accused bodyguards are: Delwar Hossain, Murad Hossain, Zahidul Islam, Shahidul Islam, Kamal Hossain, Samsad Hossain and Aminul Islam.
The Investigating Officer (IO) appealed to the court to keep them in the jail until the investigation is completed in the arms case.
RAB members on September 20 arrested Shamim, who is known to be a Jubo League leader, on charges of extortion and illegal tender business. His seven bodyguards were also arrested. The elite force raided his house and office in the city’s Niketon in the morning and seized eight firearms, a huge ammunition, Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) worth Tk 165 crore and around Tk 1.8 crore in cash, a large stash of US and Singaporean dollars and some foreign liquor.
A day after, Shamim was placed on a 10-day remand in the cases filed under the Arms Act and Narcotics Control Act and his bodyguards were put on four days’ remand each.
