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not arrested in other cases.

Senior lawyer Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal also appeared for GK Shamim and others during hearing of the appeals.

On July 17, 2023, a Dhaka court handed down the sentences to GK Shamim and the others in the case filed over laundering Tk 195 crore to Singapore and Malaysia.

His seven bodyguards -- Md Delwar Hossain, Md Murad Hossain, Md Jahidul Islam, Md Shahidul Islam, Md Kamal Hossain, Md Samsad Hossain, and Md Aminul Islam -- were sentenced to four years in jail for assisting GK Shamim, who was a top contractor of government projects, in acquiring the laundered money.

Rab on September 20 of 2019 arrested him on charges of extortion and tender manipulation. His bodyguards were also arrested then. Later, Rab filed the case against them with Gulshan Police Station.