Samrat shown arrested in money laundering case

Court Correspondent

Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Chowdhury Samrat, one of the “casino kingpins” in Dhaka and his close aide Enamul Haque Arman have been shown arrested in a Tk 195 crore money laundering case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sarafuzzaman Ansary yesterday passed the order after Md Mehedi Maksud, an inspector of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and also the case’s investigation officer, produced the duo before the court with a petition to show them arrested in the case.

The magistrate rejected a bail petition of Samrat after his lawyer moved it on grounds that he has been suffering from different ailments including heart disease.

The prosecution opposed it, saying that the accused had committed offences by laundering money abroad.