Court orders to freeze 194 bank accounts linked to GK Shamim

A Dhaka court has ordered to freeze 194 bank accounts linked to GK Shamim, a top government-listed contractor, in connection with a money laundering case.

Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court on Monday passed the order after hearing the petition submitted by CID’s Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Abu Sayeed.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested SM Golam Kibria Shamim known as GK Shamim and his seven bodyguards after raiding his house and office in Dhaka’s Niketon on September 20, 2019.

The lawmen also seized eight firearms, a huge amount of ammunition, Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) worth Tk 165 crore and around Tk 1.8 crore in cash, a large stash of US and Singaporean dollars and some foreign liquor.

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