4 bodyguards of GK Shamim denied bail
The High Court yesterday rejected a bail petition of four bodyguards of GK Shamim in a money laundering case.
The court also ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to finish the investigation into the case in four months.
The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Hafizul Alam passed the order after holding hearing on the petition filed by the four accused -- Zahidul Islam, Shahidul Islam, Kamal Hossain and Samsad Hossain -- seeking bail in the case.
Their lawyer Shamim Sarder told The Daily Star that the HC rejected the bail petition of his clients as the investigation into the case against them is going on and they have been in the jail custody for only five months.
ACC's lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told this correspondent that the four bodyguards of GK Shamim have committed organised crime of money laundering along with GK Shamim, and that is why the HC rejected their bail petition.
Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik represented the state at yesterday's hearing.
Rab arrested GK Shamim, a Jubo League leader and top-listed government contractor, on September 20 on charges of extortion and tender manipulation. His seven bodyguards, including the four, were also arrested at the time.
During a September 20 raid by the elite force at Shamim's house and office in the capital's Niketan, eight firearms, a huge amount of ammunition, fixed deposit receipts (FDRs) worth Tk 165 crore and around Tk 1.8 crore in cash, a large stash of US and Singaporean dollars and some foreign liquor were seized.
On September 21, Rab filed a case with Gulshan Police Station against GK Shamim. Later on, his bodyguards were shown arrested in the case.
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