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'Golden Monir' on 18-day remand in 3 cases

Staff Correspondent | banglanews24.com
Update: 2020-11-22 17:11:58
'Golden Monir' on 18-day remand in 3 cases

Two courts in Dhaka on Sunday placed 'Golden Monir', who amassed wealth of over Tk 1,050 crore through various illegal means in last 30 years, on 18-day remand in three separate cases filed against him by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).

The court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Bakar Siddique granted 14-day remand for Monir (7-day for each) in two cases filed under Arms and Special Power Act.

However, since the subject matter of the two cases are same, Monir will have to serve seven-day remand.

Meanwhile, Metropolitan Magistrate Masud-ur-Rahman granted four-day remand for Monir in another case filed under Narcotic Control Act. This remand order will be executed separately.

Earlier on Sunday morning, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) handed over Monir to Badda police and lodged three cases against him under the Narcotic Control Act, Arms and Special Power Act.

A RAB team conducted an overnight drive and detained Monir from his Badda residence in Dhaka on Saturday morning. 

They seized eight kilograms (around 600 bhoris) of gold ornaments, cash Tk 1.9 crore, foreign pistols, bullets, drugs and foreign currencies of 10 countries during the raid.

Moreover, the elite force also seized two unregistered luxurious vehicles, each worth around Tk 3 crore, from his house and three others from his car showroom 'Auto Car Selection'.

RAB said Monir owns more than 200 plots and flats in Dhaka and adjacent areas.  

Monir Hossain, who started career as a salesman at a cloth store in the capital's Gausia Market in the 1990s, amassed the wealth of over Tk 1, 050 crore within 30 years through various illegal means including gold smuggling.

BDST: 1711 HRS, NOV 22, 2020
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