ACC presses charges against GK Shamim, Salim Prodhan
Anti-Corruption Commission has pressed charges against expelled Jubo League leader GK Shamim and online casino "kingpin" Salim Prodhan in two separate corruption cases.
GK Shamim, also a top contractor of government projects, and his mother Ayesha Akhter were charged for acquiring illegal wealth worth Tk 300 crore.
ACC Deputy Director Md Salahuddin, investigation officer of the case, on Thursday submitted the charge sheet to the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka, court sources said.
On October 21 in 2019, the ACC filed the case against Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim and his mother for accumulating illegal wealth worth Tk 297 crore. Later the commission, during its investigation, found they were involved in amassing wealth of Tk 300 crore.
On September 20 in 2019, Rab arrested GK Shamim with a huge amount of cash and fixed deposit receipts and seven bodyguards at his Niketan office, Dhaka.
Meanwhile, the anti-graft watchdog the same day charged Salim Prodhan over amassing Tk 57.79 crore illegally and laundering about Tk 22 crore to Thailand and the US.
ACC Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar Pradhan, IO of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka.
Salim, who came to the fore in 2019 when law enforcers conducted drives against illegal casino business, allegedly amassed the wealth from online casino business, say investigators.
Salim was arrested in a Bangkok-bound Thai Airways flight at Dhaka airport on September 30 in 2019.
Later that night, Rab raided his office and residence in Gulshan and arrested his associates Akhtaruzzaman, Roman and Masum.
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