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Faridpur BCL leader arrested in money laundering case

District Correspondent | banglanews24.com
Update: 2020-08-21 17:05:13
Faridpur BCL leader arrested in money laundering case Nishan Mahmud Shamim

A team of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police arrested a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in a money laundering case in Dhaka.

Nishan Mahmud Shamim, president of Faridpur district unit BCL, was arrested from Uttara area of the capital on Thursday night.

Faridpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Md Alimuzzaman confirmed the news. 

Earlier on June 26, the Criminal Investigation Department has filed a case against former Faridpur town unit Awami League general secretary Sajjad Hossain alias Barkat and his brother Imtiaz Hasan alias Rubel in connection with siphoning off Tk 2,000 crore abroad.

Later the duo was interrogated by CID in a five-day remand. They disclosed names of people who were involved in the money laundering process. 

CID sources said Nishan was arrested based on information given by Rubel and Barkat. Previously, two other people- Nazmul Islam and Bellal Hossain- were also arrested in the case.

BDST: 1706 HRS, AUG 21, 2020
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