HC cancels GK Shamim’s bail

Staff Reporter Published: 8 March 2020, 01:20 PM | Updated: 8 March 2020, 02:17 PM

GK Shamim, who was known as an influential contractor of Sabujbagh, Basabo and Motijheel areas of the capital, was arrested on September 20 last year.

The High Court has cancelled the bail granted to controversial contractor and expelled Jubo League leader Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim in an arms case.

The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice SM Mojibur Rahman on Sunday passed the order after the state filed an appeal seeking cancellation of the bail.

Deputy Attorney General Fazlur Rahman Khan confirmed the matter to Jago News.

Earlier on Saturday, Shamim’s lawyer Shawkot Osman said two separate benches of the HC granted him six months bail in arms case on February 6 and one year bail in a drugs case on February 4.

GK Shamim, who was known as an influential contractor of Sabujbagh, Basabo and Motijheel areas of the capital, was arrested on September 20 last year.

Rapid Action Battalion members seized illegal firearms and Fixed Deposit Receipts worth Tk 165 crore, Tk 1.8 crore in cash and foreign currencies from his house and office at Niketan.

The elite force filed three cases - one under narcotics control, one under money-laundering prevention and other under arms acts - against Shamim with Gulshan Police Station on September 21.