Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has detained one of the associates of former Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan.
The arrest was made on Tuesday (Dec 24) from the capital’s Kamalapur Rail Station, said police.
The arrestee has been identified as 42-year-old Mohammad Ullah Khan alias Mohammad Ali.
Senior Assitant Superintendent of police Sharmin Jahan, media wing official of CID, said on Thursday (Dec 26) that Mohammad Ullah has been charged under the Money Laundering Act and has been sent to prison on Wednesday (Dec 25).
Police said, Mohammad Ullah Khan was very close to Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan who was involved in running illegal casino businesses in Motijheel’s Fakirerpool Young Men's Club. Mohammad Ullah used to handle accounts department of the illegal income of Bhuiyan. He was also the General Manager of the Bhuiyan and Bhuiyan Developer Ltd which owned by Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan.
Mohammad Ullah was at the run soon after Bhuiyan arrested in the government’s ongoing crackdown against Casinos in October.