ACC files cases against Selim Pradhan and Lokman Bhuiyan
The Anti-Corruption Commission today filed two separate cases against online casino kingpin Selim Pradhan and Mohammedan Sporting Club Director Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan for amassing wealth illegally.
Anti-Corruption Commission Assistant Director Saiful Islam and Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar Pradhan filed the cases at its office today.
On September 30, the anti-graft body formed a probe team to investigate the assets of the people who were found involved with illegal casino business.
Last week, the commission filed two cases against Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim and expelled organising secretary of Jubo League's Dhaka south city unit Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan on a charge of accumulating wealth through illegal means.
A Dhaka court today placed GK Shamim and Khaled Mahmud on a 7-day remand in the graft case.
Besides, Anti-Corruption Commission has imposed travel ban on 22 influential people because of their alleged involvement in the casino business and accumulation of illegal wealth.
Among the individuals on whom the ban is imposed, there are two members of the parliament -- Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shawon from Bhola 3 and Shamsul Haque Chowdhury from Chattogram 12.