High Court cancels GK Shamim’s bail

The High Court has cancelled the bail given to expelled Jubo League leader Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim in an arms case.

The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice SM Mozibur Rahman cancelled the bail on Sunday.

Earlier on February 6, the HC bench granted bail to him for six months but the state knew nothing.

Deputy Attorney General of the concern court F R Khan told risingbd that he knows nothing about bail of G K Shamim.

He said, “I will see the matter. If he secures bail the state will appeal against it.”

GK Shamim, who was known as an influential contractor of Sabujbagh, Basabo and Motijheel areas of the capital, was arrested on September 20 last year.

Rapid Action Battalion members seized illegal firearms and Fixed Deposit Receipts worth Tk165 crore, Tk 1.8 crore in cash and foreign currencies from his house and office at Niketan.

The elite force filed three cases – one under narcotics control, one under money-laundering prevention and other under arms acts – against Shamim with Gulshan Police Station on September 21.

 

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