DHAKA: A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court placed Jubo League Dhaka South Organizing Secretary Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan on seven days of remand.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahamuda Akther gave the order around 8:45 pm on Thursday (September 19).

He was produced before the court around 8:30 pm in two cases seeking 14 days of remand.

Earlier, four separate cases were filed against Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan, who was arrested for running an illegal casino.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) filed 3 cases with Gulshan Police station after transferring him to police there on Thursday (September 19).

In the evening, he was sent to court.

 “Three separate cases were filed with Gulshan Police station under arms, money laundering and narcotics acts. The numbers of the cases are as follows 23, 24 and 25,” said Sudeep Kumar Chakraborty, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Gulshan Division under Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).

“Police will investigate two cases filed under arms and narcotics acts. Khaled was sent to court seeking 14 days of remand under the two cases. However, documents of money laundering cases were sent to Criminal Investigation Department (CID),” said police official adding that they would also investigate the money laundering case.

RAB arrested Khalid from his Gulshan residence on Wednesday (September 18).

Police seized one shotgun, two pistols, 57 rounds of shotgun bullets, 53 rounds of pistol bullets and 585 pieces of yaba pills from his residence. Besides, they also seized Taka 10,34,550 cash and foreign currency worth Taka 7 lakhs. 

BDST: 2119 HRS, SEP 19, 2019

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