Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court yesterday began trial of Tk 3.23 crore money laundering case against five people, including expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon, a former Chhatra League leader.
The three other accused are the couple’s accomplices Sabbir Khondaker, Sheikh Taiyaba Nur and Zobair Alam.
Of them, Papia, Sumon, Sabbir and Taiyaba are now in the jail while Zobair Alam was shown “fugitive” in the charge sheet of the case.
Judge Badrul Alam Bhuiyan of the Special Judge Court-8 of Dhaka recorded the statement of CID Inspector Md Moniruzzaman today. Recording the depositions, the court fixed October 16 for cross-examination of the complainant on behalf of the accused, who are behind the bar. On August 21, the same court framed charges against the accused people in the case.
CID Inspector Md Moniruzzaman filed the case with Gulshan Police Station in the capital under the Money Laundering Act on March 21, 2020.
A team of RAB-1 arrested Papia, her husband and their two accomplices from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport when they were trying to leave the country on February 22, 2020.
