ACC interrogates ex-JL leader Samrat at BSMMU

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday interrogated expelled Juba League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on charge of accumulating illegal wealth.

‘An ACC team, led by its deputy director Md Jahangir Alam, started interrogating Samrat at the hospital cabin at about 11:00am,’ said ACC director for public relations Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee.

He said that the commission officials interrogated Samrat at the hospital with permission of the hospital authorities as Samrat was undergoing treatment there.

On November 12, 2019, the commission filed a case against Samrat on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 2.94 crore.

Earlier, the Rapid Action Battalion on October 6, 2019, arrested Samrat, the then president of Dhaka South Juba League, and his close aide Arman, also vice-president of the same unit, in Cumilla after raiding a house near Indian border.

During the raid, a mobile court sentenced Arman to six-month imprisonment as he was found drunk and a case was also filed against him with Chauddagram police station in Cumilla for possessing 140 Yaba tablets.

Samrat came under the spotlight after RAB busted his illegal casino business at different sports clubs in Dhaka. Both the accused were expelled from the Juba League following their arrest.

After arrest, Samrat was brought to Dhaka, and the RAB conducted operations at different establishments where the Juba League leader either lived or carried out political and business activities.

On September 30, 2019, the commission launched inquiries to detect the illegal wealth of the people involved in unauthorised casino operations and other illegal businesses.

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