A court in Dhaka has granted the police an additional three days to grill in custody the seven bodyguards of GK Shamim over the arms case filed against them with Gulshan police.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mainul Islam gave the orders on Sunday (Oct 6) after the accused were produced in court.
The accused are: Delwar Hossain, Murad Hossain, Jahidul Islam, Shahidul Islam, Kamal Hossain, Samsad Hossain, and Aminul Islam.
The investigating officer Sub Inspector Shekhar Chandra Mallik (RAB-1, Uttara) moved the court for a seven-day remand for the seven of them.
The defendant’s moved for bail but the court granted the police three days to quiz them.
The seven bodyguards were previously subjected to four-day remands each in an arms case filed on Sept 21 and money laundering case filed on Oct 1.
RAB raided Shamim’s residence and office in the city’s Niketon and seized eight firearms, a huge amount of ammunition, Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) worth Tk 1.65 bullion and nearly Tk 20 million in cash, a large stash of US and Singaporean dollars and some foreign liquor, officials said. Seven of his armed bodyguards were also arrested.
Shamim is known to be an influential contractor of the Public Works Department and other government organisations.
Soon after his arrest, social media was flooded with photos where he is seen alongside senior Awami League leaders, ministers and former and current police and RAB officials.
His arrest came just two days after Jubo League Dhaka (South) Organising Secretary Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan was held from his Gulshan home for running a casino at the Fakirerpool Youngmen’s club in Dhaka.