Staff Reporter :
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized around 21 lakh cash money, foreign currency and huge alcohol from the residence of Salim Prodhan, an alleged online gambler, in the city’s Banani area on Tuesday noon.
Eelier, on Monday night RAB arrested Akrteruzaman, one of the assistants of Salim Prodhan from the same house.
RAB was conducting the drive in his office since Monday night after arrest of Salim, the Chairman of ‘Prodhan Group’, from the city’s Dhaka airport.
Mizanur Rahman, Senior Assistant Director (Legal and Media Wing) of RAB told the media on Tuesday that a large amount of alcohol and Bangladeshi and foreign currencies were recovered from the Salim’s Head Office.
The operation is still underway. The details will be given at the end of the raid, Mizanur Rahman added.
The chief of online casino in Bangaldesh, Salim Prodhan collected money from different online sources and laundering those abroad, RAB Office said.
It is noted that accused Salim Prodhan has several hotels and Disco bars in Pattaya of Bangkok in Thiland. Earlier on Monday, RAB arrested Salim from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city at 3:00 pm when he was trying to board a Bangkok-bound flight to flee from the country. He is accused in money laundering and running casino online.
