Staff Reporter :
Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Monday gave instruction to all banks to provide information on the accounts of Golam Kibria (GK) Shamim.
The NBR came up with the instruction a day after Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) froze the bank accounts of Shamim due to his alleged involvement in criminal activities.
The BFIU initially came to know that some “Tk 300 crore” is now deposited in Shamim’s accounts, Bangladesh Bank source said.
The money-laundering prevention unit also asked banks to freeze the accounts of his wife and parents.
Shamim, who is now on a 10-day remand, was arrested on Friday for his alleged involvement in tender manipulation, extortion, and running drugs and gambling rackets.
After his arrest, some people submitted cheques to different banks to withdraw money from Shamim’s accounts. Sensing the matter, launders sought suggestion from BFIU on whether they would accept cheques, said the BB sources.
GK Shamim, who has been known to be an influential contractor of the PWD and other government organisations, was accused of tender manipulation, extortion, and running drugs and gambling rackets in one of the three cases filed against him on Saturday.
He used to introduce himself as the cooperative affairs secretary of Jubo League’s central committee.
In a raid on GK Shamim’s office on Friday, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested him and seven of his bodyguards. They confiscated Tk 18 million in cash, FDR papers of Tk 1.65 billion, 9000 US dollars, 752 Singapore dollars, a firearm and liquor from the office.
