Samrat invests Tk 219 crore in Singapore, Malaysia casinos
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday approved a charge sheet against expelled Juba League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat on charge of accumulating illegally and laundering Tk 223 crore, of which Tk 219.48 crore were invested in casinos in Singapore and Malaysia.
The commission approved the charge sheet based on the findings of the investigation officer, Md Jahangir Alam, said ACC director for public relations Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee.
He said that the probe found that Samrat, expelled president of Dhaka South Juba League, accumulated Tk 222,88,62,493 in illegal wealth.
Of the amount, Samrat invested around Tk 171 crore in two casinos in Singapore and Tk 48.58 crore in a casino in Malaysia, according to probe findings.
Initially, the commission filed a case against Samrat on November 12, 2019 on charge of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 2.94 crore, said Pranab, adding that the commission later found the evidences of Samrat’s investment abroad during the investigation of the case.
Paranab said that the investigator, Jahangir, also a deputy director of the commission, would submit the charge sheet with the Dhaka court concerned soon.
Samrat is now in jail as he has been facing investigation of several cases filed by different authorities since his arrest.
On October 6, 2019, the Rapid Action Battalion arrested Samrat and his close aide Enamul Haque Arman, also vice-president of the same Juba League unit, in Cumilla after raiding a house.
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 the arrest, Samrat was brought to Dhaka, and RAB conducted operations at various establishments where the Juba League leader either lived or carried out political and business activities.
On October 7, RAB filed two cases against Samrat for possessing illegal arms and narcotics while Arman was also accused in the narcotics case.
On September 30, the commission launched inquiries to detect the illegal wealth of the people involved in the unauthorised casino operations and other illegal business.
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