A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced controversial contractor and expelled Jubo League leader Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim to 10 years in jail in a money laundering case.
Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-10 passed the order.
His seven bodyguards were also sentenced to 4 years in jail in the same case.
The seven bodyguards are: Md Jahidul Islam, Md Shahidul Islam, Md Kamal Hossain, Md Samsad Hossain, Md Aminul Islam, Md Delwar Hossain and Md Murad Hossain.
On September 21, 2019, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) 1 Nayek Subedar Mizanur Rahman filed the case under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 with Gulshan Police Station.
A mobile court of the RAB led by Executive Magistrate Sarwar Alam surrounded Shamim's business office at Niketan and conducted a raid in the afternoon of September 20, 2019.
Shamim, who used to con people by identifying himself as a leader of Jubo League, was detained along with his seven bodyguards and around Taka Two crore in cash and Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) of about Taka 165 crore, seized from his Niketan office.
Apart from the money, the elite anti-crime force also recovered illegal firearms, ammunition and drugs from Shamim's office.