Money laundering: Charges against Papia, 4 others accepted
A Dhaka court today accepted charges against five people including expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia, her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon, also a former Chhatra League leader, in a Tk 3.23 crore money laundering case.
The couple's three other associates are Sabbir Khondaker, Sheikh Taiyaba Nur and Zobair Alam.
Of them, Papia, Sumon, Sabbir and Taiyaba were earlier arrested and they are now in jail custody while Zobair Alam was shown "fugitive" in the charge sheet.
Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed the order after scrutinising the case dockets and other relevant documents.
The judge issued arrest warrant against Zobair Alam as he did not get bail from any court.
The judge directed officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station to submit -- by May 23, the next scheduled date, the report on implementation of the arrest warrant issued against Zobair Alam.
On October 10 last year, Md Ibrahim Hossain, an inspector of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted a charge against them.
CID Inspector Md Moniruzzaman filed the case against them with Gulshan Police Station under the Money Laundering Control Act on March 21 of 2020.
On October 12 of 2020, Papia and her husband were jailed for 27 years' rigorous imprisonment in an arms case.
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