‘Golden Monir’ charged for possessing arms and narcotics
Detectives today pressed charges against Monir Hossain, widely known as "Golden Monir", in two cases filed over possessing arms and narcotics at his Merul Badda residence in Dhaka.
Md Abdul Malek, an inspector of Detective Branch of Police and also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheets of the cases to Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka.
Both the cases were filed with Badda Police Station under the arms and narcotics control acts.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Monir on November 21 last year and recovered a foreign-made pistol, bullets, foreign liquor, currencies of 10 countries, eight kgs of gold ornaments, and Tk 1.9 crore in cash from his Merul Badda residence.
Later three cases were filed against him for possessing firearms, narcotics and foreign currencies.
Monir, who was a salesman in Gausia Market, has 200 plots in his name in Badda, Nikunja, Uttara and Keraniganj, and used a luxurious car worth Tk 3 crore, according to Rab.
He was also a hundi trader and land broker. Rab said they found his involvement in gold smuggling.
Monir's amassed wealth has a value of approximately Tk 1,050 crore.
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