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Verdict on Money Laundering Case against ‘Casino Brothers’ Deferred

"Casino Brothers"-- Enamul Haque Enu and Rupon Bhuiyan || Photo: Collected

"Casino Brothers"-- Enamul Haque Enu and Rupon Bhuiyan || Photo: Collected

Verdict in a case filed against "Casino Brothers"-- Enamul Haque Enu and Rupon Bhuiyan -- and nine others over laundering Tk 2 crore was rescheduled to April 25 as the presiding judge was on leave today.

Judge Mohammad Iqbal Hossain of the Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka was on leave due to his illness. An official of the court confirmed it to the media.

On March 16, Judge (in-charge) Md Monir Kamal of the court set the date for the judgment after closing arguments from both the prosecution and the defence.

During the trial, the court recorded statements of 10 prosecution witnesses, including the complainant of the case.

The court framed charges against the accused on May 5 last year.

On July 26 of 2020, CID Inspector Sadek Ali, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka against 11 people, including Enamul, former vice-president of the Gendaria unit of Awami League; and Rupon, joint general secretary of the same unit.

The other accused are their three brothers Shahidul Haque Bhuiyan, Rashidul Haque Bhuiyan, and Merajul Haque Bhuiyan; General Secretary of Wanderer's Club in Motijheel Joy Gopal Sarkar; and their accomplices Tuhin Munshi, Nabir Hossain Sikder, Saiful Islam, Abul Kalam Azad, and Pavel Rahman.

Of them, Enu, Rupon, Joy Gopal, Nabir Hossain, Azad and Saiful were earlier arrested in connection with a case filed with Wari Police Station on September 25 of 2019 and they are now in jail custody.

While Tuhin was earlier arrested in the same case and later was released on bail and Shahidul, Rashidul, Merajul, and Pavel are on the run.

On September 24 of 2019, Inspector Md Ziaul Hasan of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)-3 filed the case against Enu and Azad.

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