A Dhaka court has placed Awami League leaders Enamul Haque Enu and his brother Rupon Bhuiyan on a six-day remand in a case filed against them under the Special Powers Act.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Muhammad Jasim passed the order on Monday when Wari police produced the duo before the court and sought 10-day remand for each.
Opposing the remand petition, defence counsels submitted separate bail petition seeking bail for the duo. However, the court rejected the bail plea.
On February 25, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) raided the house of the duo again in Old Dhaka’s Lalmohan Shah Street, where the elite force recovered around Tk26.55 crore and also seized foreign currencies – $9,300, 174 Malaysian Ringgit, Rs5,350, 1,195 Chinese Yuan, 11,560 Thai baht, 100 UAE Dirham – during the raid.
Tk5 crore in FDR, gold ornaments of around 1kg, and casino equipment were also seized during the raid.
On February 27, RAB filed a case against Enamul and Rupon with Wari police station under the Special Powers Act.
RAB Executive Magistrate Sarower Alam said the six-storey building where the raid was conducted is owned by Enamul and Rupon, but they found no one inside the house during the raid.
During the CID’s Interrogation, Enamul and Rupon said they possessed more than a hundred flats, houses, and a number of land jointly in and outside Dhaka.
All of their properties are in the name of their mother, seven brothers, one sister, and the child of a deceased brother.