Shamim, bodyguards sued in arms case
Rab yesterday pressed charges against SM Golam Kibria Shamim, popularly known as GK Shamim, and his seven bodyguards for brandishing firearms to spread fear and panic among people.
Sub-Inspector Shekhar Chandra Mallik of Rab-1 submitted the charge sheet before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka.
According to the charge sheet, Shamim used his armed bodyguards for extortion by triggering fear among people at different bus terminals and cattle markets.
Court sources said that though the bodyguards carried licensed firearms, they breached the conditions of the license.
Shamim and his bodyguards were arrested at the capital’s Niketon area on September 20 after Gulshan police sued them for misusing firearms.
The law enforcers seized eight firearms, a huge amount of ammunition, a fixed deposit receipt worth Tk 165 crore, around Tk 1.8 crore in cash, a large stash of US and Singaporean dollars, and several bottles of foreign liquor.
Later, two more cases were filed under the Narcotics Control Act and Money Laundering Act against Shamim with Gulshan Police Station.
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