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JL leader Samrat arrested

Ismail Hossain Samrat. Photo: Collected

Ismail Hossain Samrat. Photo: Collected

Dhaka South Jubo League President Ismail Hossain Samrat along with one of his associates were arrested in Cumilla early today.

A team of Rapid Action Battalion arrested Samrat and his associate Amran in Chauddagram upazila around 5:00am, Senior Assistant Superintendent Mizanur Rahman of Rab said.  

Alkura union chairman Golam Faruk said a team of Rab-7 from Dhaka surrounded the house of one Munir Chowdhury at Kunjusshree village in the union since yesterday evening and later arrested Samrat from the house. 

There had been speculations about the arrest of Samrat, the alleged kingpins of casino business in the capital, for the last couple of weeks.

Multiple sources from different law enforcement agencies earlier said that Samrat was detained following the ongoing crackdown against casino business in Dhaka. But, no one of them talked on record about the arrest at that time.

Amid such situation, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on September 28 asked media to wait to know about the arrest of Samrat.  “You will see…very soon”, the minister said on the day.

The government on September 24 imposed a travel ban on Samrat after his name came in the spotlight during the clampdown for his alleged link with running casinos at different sporting clubs in Dhaka.

Bangladesh Bank also sought details of Samrat’s bank accounts.

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