Charges under the Money Laundering Act and Narcotics Control Act have been brought against Salim Prodhan, the alleged online casino kingpin.
Gulshan police OCSM Kamruzzamansaid on Wednesday (Oct 2) that two cases have been started against him.
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Salim on Monday (Sept 30)from a Bangkok-bound Thai Airways flight at the Dhaka airport.
Later in the day, the elite police unit later raided Salim’s office cum residence at the upscale neighbourhood of Gulshan and arrested his associates Aktaruzzaman, Md Roman, and Masum.
RAB seized 48 foreign liquor bottles; nearly Tk 3 million in cash, foreign currencies from 23 different countries, of around Tk7.8 million, 12 passports, 32 cheque books of 13 banks, one large server used in game operating, and four laptops, and two pieces of deer hide.
The next day, Salim, and his associates were jailed for 6 months under the Wildlife Conservation Act by a RAB mobile court.