The Rapid Action Battalion has brought money laundering and firearms charges against Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Councillor Habibur Rahman Mizan.
On Saturday (Oct 12), the elite police unit started the case under Money Laundering Act with the Mohammadpur police while the other case has been filed by the elite police unit under firearms legislation with the police in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal, RAB-2 chief Lt Col Ashik Billah told Bangla Tribune.
Mohammadpur police OC Ganesh Gopal Biswas told Bangla Tribune, “RAB has filed a case (No 31) under the Money Laundering Act against Councillor Mizan.”
The case in Sreemangal was started by the local RAB-9 camp’s Senior Warrant Officer Abdul Jabbar.
On Friday (Oct 11), RAB detained Mizan from Sreemangal and said he was trying to flee the country following the ongoing crackdown on casinos.
A pistol, four rounds of ammunition and Tk 200,000 were found in his possession.
Later in the day, the RAB raided the home of controversial Awami League leader in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur, when fixed deposit receipt (FDR) savings worth Tk 10 million and several cheques of total Tk 67.7 million, signed by Mizan, were seized.