Probe report deferred to Feb 27

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has fixed February 27 to submit the probe report in a money laundering case filed against controversial business tycoon Moosa Bin Shamsher.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Devdas Chandra Adhikari fixed the date on Monday as ACC failed to submit the report today.

On July 31, 2017, Assistant Revenue Officer (ARO) of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) Zakir Hussain filed the case with the Gulshan Police Station under Money Laundering Prevention Act. Later, the court ordered the authority concerned to start investigation.

According to the case statement, Moosa Bin Shamsher has been accused of tax evasion in importing a luxurious ‘Range Rover’ vehicle using diplomatic privilege ‘Carnet de Passage’ and providing unclear statements of having TK 96000 crore in Swiss bank account.


risingbd/Dhaka/Jan 28, 2019/Mamun Khan/Nasim