SC stays GK Shamim's HC bail for 8 weeks
The Supreme Court today stayed for eight weeks a High Court order that on December 13 granted bail to expelled Jubo League leader SM Golam Kibria Shamim, known as GK Shamim, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in an arms case.
Chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the SC Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order following a petition filed by the state seeking stay on the HC order.
Deputy Attorney General Sujit Chatterjee Bappi represented the state while senior lawyer Fida M Kamal appeared for Shamim during hearing of the petition today.
On September 20, 2019, Rapid Action Battalion conducted raids on GK Shamim's house and office in the city's Niketan and seized eight firearms, a huge amount of ammunition, fixed deposit receipts worth Tk 165 crore, around Tk 1.8 crore in cash, a large stash of US and Singaporean dollars and some foreign liquor.
The elite force members then arrested him on charges of extortion and tender manipulation. His bodyguards were also arrested then.
The next day, Rab filed a case with Gulshan Police Station under the Arms Act.
On September 25, 2022, a Dhaka tribunal sentenced GK Shamim and seven of his bodyguards to life imprisonment in the arms case.
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