A Dhaka court yesterday rejected bail petitions of seven bodyguards of expelled Jubo League leader GK Shamim, a top contractor of government projects, in a money laundering case.

The accused are Delwar Hossain, Murad Hossain, Zahidul Islam, Shahidul Islam, Kamal Hossain, Samsad Hossain and Aminul Islam.

Judge Md Nazrul Islam of the Special Judge's Court-10 of Dhaka passed the order after their lawyers submitted separate petitions seeking bail in the case.

The judge also fixed November 10 for hearing on charge framing against Shamim and his seven bodyguards in the case.

During yesterday's hearing, Shamim was produced before the court, but his bodyguards were not.

On August 6, Abu Sayeed, investigation officer and also an additional SP of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), submitted a charge sheet of the case against GK Shamim and his seven bodyguards. In the charge sheet, Sayeed said Shamim has Tk 337.3 crore in 180 fixed deposit accounts with different banks, two houses in the capital and 52 kathas of land worth Tk 41 crore.