Two separate courts in Dhaka granted bail to Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, a casino kingpin, in different cases - money laundering and possession of illegal arms on Sunday.
However, he will not be released as he has been accused in at least six other cases, including two narcotics cases.
Two separate judges of Dhaka's first Additional Metropolitan Sessions Courts granted Samrat bails in two different cases.
RAB arrested Samrat and his associate Arman from village Kunja Sreepur of Alkora union under Chauddagram upazila of Cumilla district on 6 October 2019.
At around 2pm on the same day, a team of the force led by RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwar Alam launched an operation at Samrat's office at Bhuiyan Trade Center in Kakrail. The executive magistrate then had sentenced him to six months in jail for illegally keeping animal skins in the office.
Earlier, on 24 March 2021, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police applied for a three-day remand in the court of Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Bakkar Siddique.
On the other hand, his lawyer applied for bail seeking cancellation of remand. The court fixed 10 April 2022 for the remand and bail hearing in his presence.
The CID filed the case with Ramna police station on 13 September 2020. The case was filed on the charge of smuggling Tk195 crore to Singapore and Malaysia with the help of accomplice Enamul Haque Arman, 56.
According to the case documents, Samrat, former Dhaka city Jubo League leader, obtained huge amount of money through various illegal activities in Motijheel, Fakirapool, Paltan and Kakrail areas of the capital Dhaka.
After reviewing the information on the accused's visit abroad, it was found that Samrat visited Singapore 35 times, Malaysia three times, Dubai twice and Hong Kong once from 2011-2019.
During the same period, Arman traveled to Singapore 23 times.
In 2019, Samrat's name came up during the anti-casino operation of the law enforcement agencies. However, he remained absconding until he was arrested on 6 October.
