DHAKA:  A Dhaka court sent Selim Pradhan, who is the mastermind behind online illegal casino business, and his two associates to jail after four days of remand in a case filed under narcotics control act.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Masudur Rahman gave the order on Tuesday (October 8).

Investigation Officer of the case and inspector of Gulshan police station Aminul Islam appealed to the court to keep him in custody until investigation is over.

The two associates were named as Aktharuzzaman and Rokan.

Rapid Action Battalion detained Selim Prodhan from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport just the moment before he was about to fly to Bangkok on September 30.

RAB filed two cases under the Money Laundering Act and Narcotics Control Act against Selim with Gulshan police station on Wednesday (October 3).

A RAB team raided two offices of Selim Prodhan and seized Tk. 29 lakh in cash, currencies of 23 countries worth over Tk. 77 lakh, and 32 cheques of 23 banks worth Tk. 8 crore, 48 bottles of illegal foreign liquor, four laptops and two deer skins.

RAB said Selim used to run online casino business.  Money earned from that illegal business would be deposited to three gateways. Later, Selim would draw out the money and deposit them in three different bank accounts.  He used to send the money abroad by his men or by other means, even to London.

BDST: 1743 HRS, OCT 8, 2019

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