GK Shamim: Court sets June 25 for verdict in money laundering case

A Dhaka court has set June 25 to pronounce its verdict in a money laundering case against eight people, including expelled Jubo League leader Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim.

Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-10 Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam fixed the date after hearing the arguments in this case on Thursday. Lawyer Azad Rahman, representing the state, confirmed the matter.

The other seven defendants are GK Shamim's bodyguards – Zahidul Islam, Shahidul Islam, Kamal Hossain, Shamsad Hossain, Anisul Islam, Delwar Hossain, and Murad Hossain.

GK Shamim, along with his bodyguards, was arrested on September 20, 2019, from his office in Dhaka. From there, RAB members seized Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDRs) worth Tk 165 crore, Tk 1.8 crore in cash and a huge stash of foreign currencies, as well as arms and liquor.

On September 21, three cases – one under the narcotics control, one under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, and the other under the arms act – were filed against Shamim with Gulshan Police Station.

/KN/MHK/