A Dhaka court has sentenced two brothers -- Enamul Haque Enu and Rupon Bhuiyan -- and nine others to 7 years’ jail each in a money laundering case.
Judge Mohammad Iqbal Hossain of the Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka passed the verdict on Monday.
The court also fined them Tk 4 crore in the case.
The other convicts are Merajul Haque Bhuiyan Shiplu, Shahidul Haque Bhuiyan, Rashidul Haque Bhuiyan, Pavel Rahman, Tuhin Munshi, Joy Gopal Sarkar, Abul Kalam Azad, Nabir Hossain Sikder, and Saiful Islam.
Of them, Enu, Rupon, Joy Gopal, Nabir Hossain, Azad and Saiful were arrested in connection with a case filed with Wari Police Station and they are now in jail.
Tuhin was earlier arrested in the same case and later he was released on bail while Merajul, Shahidul, Rashidul and Pavel are on the run.
On September 24, 2019, RAB raided the house of two brothers Enu-Rupon and the house of Wanderers Club employees Abul Kalam and Harun Aur Rashid and seized more than Tk 5 crore, over 8 kgs of gold ornaments and 6 firearms while Taka 2 crore was seized from Kalam’s house.
On September 25 in 2019, Inspector Md Ziaul Hasan of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)-3 filed the case in this regard.
CID Inspector Mohammad Sadek Ali, also investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the court against 11 people, including suspended vice-president of Gandaria Thana Awami League Enamul Haque Enu and joint secretary Rupon Bhuiyan.
The court framed charges against the accused on January 5 last year while statements of 10 prosecution witnesses, including complainant of the case, were recorded during the trial.