GK Shamim gets 10 years' jail in money laundering case

A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced expelled Jubo League leader Golam Kibria Shamim, popularly known as GK Shamim, to 10 years' imprisonment in a case filed on charge of laundering money.
It also sentenced each of his seven bodyguards -- Md Delwar Hossain, Md Murad Hossain, Md Jahidul Islam, Md Shahidul Islam, Md Kamal Hossain, Md Samsad Hossain and Md Aminul Islam-- to four years in jail for assisting GK Shamim, a top contractor of government projects, in acquiring the laundered money.
The court also fined them Tk 38.3 million each, in default of which they will have to suffer one year more in jail.
Judge of the Special Tribunal-10 in Dhaka, Md Nazrul Islam, delivered the verdict in the presence of all the convicts, including GK Shamim at the courtroom, said Public Prosecutor Azad Rahman.
Earlier on the day, all the accused including GK Shamim were brought to the court from jail. After the announcement of the verdict they were sent to jail again.
Rapid Action Battalion members on September 20 of 2019 arrested Shamim and his seven bodyguards on charges of extortion and tender manipulation. A total of four cases were filed against him on charges of arms, drugs, money laundering and amassing wealth beyond known source of income.

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