Verdict day set of money laundering case against 8 people including GK Shamim

The court has set June 25 as the date for the announcement of the judgment in the Money Laundering Act case against eight people, including the alleged leader of the Jubo League and the mentioned contractor SM Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim.

Justice Mohammad Nazrul Islam of Dhaka‍‍`s Special Judge Court-10 fixed that day for announcing the verdict today.

In this case of Gulshan police station, the prosecution presented 23 witnesses in the court.
On November 10, 2020, the court framed charges against Shamim and eight people in this case. The other seven accused are Shamim‍‍`s bodyguard Delwar Hossain, Murad Hossain, Zahidul Islam, Shahidul Islam, Kamal Hossain, Samsad Hossain and Aminul Islam. All these accused are in jail.

On August 8, 2020, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed a charge sheet against Shamim and eight others in the case.

On September 20, 2019, RAB arrested GK Shamim from his office along with seven armed bodyguards. RAB raided his office for 11 hours at House No. 144, Road No. 5, Niketan A-Block and arrested him. One crore 80 lakh taka, 9 thousand US dollars, 752 Singapore dollars, FDR worth 165 crore taka, weapons and a large quantity of foreign liquor were seized from his office.

Then RAB filed three cases against GK Shamim as plaintiff. They are-- Arms Act Case No. 28(09)19, Money Laundering Act Case No. 29(9)19 and Narcotics Act Case No. 30(9)19.

CID‍‍`s Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Abu Saeed filed a charge sheet against GK Shamim and his seven bodyguards in the money laundering case on August 4, 2020. On November 10, 2020, the court framed charges against the accused. The court accepted the testimony of 23 of the 26 witnesses included in the charge sheet in the case.