Money laundering case

Police have been given seven days to grill ward Councillor Habibur Rahman Mizan in a case over money laundering, reports bdnews24.com.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nivana Khair Jesi passed the remand order on Saturday after police sought 10 days' custody to question the controversial Awami League leader, said SI Moniruzzaman Mondol, general registration officer of the court.

Mizan was arrested in Srimangal with a pistol, four rounds of bullet and Tk 200,000 while trying to flee to India on Thursday night.

RAB seized fixed deposit receipt or FDR savings worth Tk 10 million along with several cheques totaling Tk 67.7 million in a raid on his house in Dhaka's Mohammadpur on Friday.