A court in Dhaka has ordered to freeze 91 bank accounts of former Awami League leaders Enamul Haque Enu and his brother Rupon Bhuiyan in connection with two money laundering cases.
Senior Special Judges' Court Judge KM Emrul Kayes passed the order on Thursday after two investigation officers, also the inspectors of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police, submitted separate petitions before the court, seeking to freeze the bank accounts.
The cases, among seven, were filed with Gandaria and Wari police stations by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in September 2019 after seizure of a huge amount of money and gold, alongside firearms, from their houses during a raid in Old Dhaka.
Cash and casino chips recovered from the house of former Awami League leaders Enamul Haque Enu and his brother Rupon Bhuiyan on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune
Enamul was the director of Dhaka Wanderers Club and the sacked vice president of the Awami League's Gandaria unit, while Rupon, also a shareholder of the club, was the joint general secretary of the same unit.
On February 25 this year, the RAB raided a house of the brothers at Lalmohon Saha Street in Old Dhaka and seized around Tk26.55 crore in cash.
During the raid, Tk5 crore FDR (fixed deposit receipt), around 1kg gold ornaments, casino equipment, and foreign currencies -- $9,300, 174 Malaysian Ringgit, Rs5,350, 1,195 Chinese Yuan, 11,560 Thai baht, and 100 UAE Dirham -- were also seized.
Earlier on January 13, the CID arrested Enamul, Rupon, and their associate Sheikh Sunny Mostafa in Keraniganj of Dhaka for their alleged link with casino businesses.
