A court in Dhaka has refused to grant Jubo League leader and contractor GK Shamim bail in a money laundering case.
Shamim was also put on a five-day remand on Monday (Oct 7), the order for which had been passed on Oct 2.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury passed the order after hearing the appeals, said court’s General Register Officer (GRO) SI Rafiqul Islam.
On Oct 2, police were given nine days to grill GK Shamim in two separate cases - four days in an arms case and another five days in a money laundering case.
On Sept 21, a court granted the police 10 days to interrogate him in two cases filed under the drug and firearms legislation following his arrest by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sept 20.
The same day RAB started three cases against Shamim, who identifies himself as a Jubo League leader, along with his seven bodyguards after putting him in the custody of the police.
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.
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.