A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed July 17 to deliver its verdict in a money laundering case against influential contractor SM Golam Kibria Shamim and seven others.
Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam Roy of Dhaka Special Judge Court-10 announced the date after the lawyer of the accused presented more arguments in court.
The delivery of the verdict was scheduled for Sunday, State Counsel Azad Rahman said.
On September 25, a Dhaka court sentenced eight people, including expelled Jubo League leader Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim, in an arms case filed at Gulshan police station.
Shamim was known as an influential contractor of the Sabujbagh, Basabo and Motijheel areas of the capital.
He was arrested along with illegal firearms and a huge amount of money from his Niketan office on September 20, 2019, in a drive against illegal casinos and other anti-social businesses.
Seven of his bodyguards were also arrested during the raid by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
RAB had seized Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDRs) worth Tk165 crore, Tk1.8 crore in cash and a huge stash of foreign currencies.
A foreign-made pistol, seven shotguns and a huge cache of bullets were also seized from the office of GKB & Company Pvt Limited.
The next day, RAB filed three cases -- one under the Narcotics Control Act, one under the Money Laundering Prevention Act and the other under the Arms Act -- against Shamim with Gulshan police.
