Verdict against GK Shamim, his 7 bodyguards on June 25

A Dhaka court has set June 25 to deliver its judgment in a money laundering case against eight people including controversial contractor and expelled Jubo League leader SM Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim.

Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-10 fixed the date on Thursday.

The other accused in the case are- GK Shamim’s bodyguards Delwar Hossain, Murad Hossain, Jahidul Islam, Shahidul Islam, Kamal Hossain, Samsad Hossain and Aminul Islam.

Assistant Public Prosecutor Azad Rahman confirmed the matter to Jago News.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-1 Nayek Subedar Mizanur Rahman filed the case on September 21, 2019, for laundering abroad more around Taka 168 crore through FDR. CID additional superintendent of police Abu Sayeed on August 4, 2020, filed the charge sheet in the case, making 26 people as witnesses. The court framed charges against the accused on November 10, 2020. 

On September 25, 2022, Dhaka’s 3rd Metropolitan Sessions Judge Sheikh Samidul Islam sentenced GK Shamim and his 7 bodyguards to life-term imprisonment in a case filed under the Arms Act.