Court relieves Samrat of personal appearance

Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat

A Dhaka court Sturday exempted expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat from personal appearance in a case filed about laundering  Tk 195 crore to Malaysia and Singapore.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Muhammad Asaduzzaman of Dhaka passed the order after his lawyer Ehsanul Haque Shomaji submitted an application for exempting Samrat from appearing in the court personally.

On September 13 of 2020, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed the case with Ramna Model Police Station on charges of laundering Tk 195 crore to Malaysia and Singapore.

Earlier on April 10 last year, another Dhaka court granted him bail in the case considering his health condition.

Samrat was also granted bail in three other cases filed with Ramna Police Station in connection with possessing narcotics and arms. In their First Information Report (FIR), CID said Samrat earned huge amount of money through illegal activities and laundered Tk 195 crore of such money to Malaysia and Singapore with the help of his associate Enamul Haque Arman.

According to the case statement, Samrat has visited Singapore 35 times, Malaysia thrice, Dubai twice and Hong Kong once from 2011 to 2019. He came under the spotlight after RAB busted his illegal casino business at different sporting clubs in the capital. He was expelled from the Jubo League following his arrest. - Special Correspondent