Casino Kingpin Salim Prodhan Jailed for 8 Yrs

Casino kingpin Salim Prodhan has been jailed for eight years in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for amassing wealth illegally.

Dhaka Special Judge's Court-8 Judge Md Badrul Alam Bhuiyaan pronounced the verdict on Sunday.

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Prodhan from a Bangkok-bound flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on September 30, 2019.

They later raided Selim’s two offices in Gulshan and Banani and seized 48 bottles of foreign liquor, Tk29 lakh, foreign currency worth Tk77 lakh, 12 passports, a computer server, four laptops, and two deer hides.

On October 27, 2019, the ACC filed a case against Selim for amassing illegal wealth amounting to Tk12.27 crore.

Prodhan has been charged with accumulating wealth illegally under Section 27 (1) of the ACC Act, 2004. He also committed a punishable offense under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 by siphoning off money to Thailand and the United States, according to ACC sources.