A Dhaka court on Sunday placed Bangladeshi-origin US citizen Enayet Karim Chowdhury on a four-day remand for his alleged involvement in money laundering alongside former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed.

A team of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), led by Deputy Director Md Hafizul Islam, produced Enayet Karim before Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Sabbir Foyez with a plea for five days’ remand. After hearing arguments, the court granted four days.

According to the case statement, the ACC’s Dhaka District Integrated Office filed a case on February 20 against Benazir Ahmed, his wife Jisan Mirza, and their two daughters for laundering Tk11.34 crore abroad.

Investigators later found evidence of Enayet Karim’s role in the scheme as an accomplice of the former IGP.

Police arrested Enayet Karim on September 13 from the city’s Minto Road area while he was moving suspiciously in a Prado jeep. On September 15, he was placed on a two-day remand in a separate case under the Anti-Terrorism Act. On September 17, he and his accomplice SM Golam Mostafa were again remanded for five days in another case.

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