Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan will be charged under the money laundering, narcotics and firearms acts, says the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
Khaled, who was arrested for running an illegal casino inside a sports club in Dhaka, has been now brought to the Gulshan police station.
“Processes are one to file three cases against him. A case under the firearms act will be lodged with the Gulshan police while the narcotics case with the Motijheel police. Money laundering charges will be brought against him in a third case,” Assistant Superintendent Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan of the RAB’s Legal and Media wing told Bangla Tribune on Thursday (Sept 19).
The elite police unit detained Khaled at his residence in the capital's Gulshan on the evening of Wednesday (Sept 18).
The RAB carried out simultaneous raids on his home and the Fakirerpool Youngmen's Club. Khaled is the president of the club.
They seized three firearms, including two for alleged breach of licence conditions, from the residence.
As many 142 people, including two women, were detained from the club. Large quantities of alcohol, gambling equipment and Tk 2.4 million in cash were seized from the establishment at the city's Motijheel.
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