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Lokman confesses laundering money to Australia


Published : 12 Nov 2019 10:35 PM | Updated : 29 Aug 2020 09:51 PM

Bangladesh Cricket Board’s detained Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan, also acting director of Mohammedan Sporting Club, laundered Tk 41 crore, earned through illegal casino business, to Australia, said officials at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The ACC officials said, during interrogation, Lokman also admitted that the amount has been deposited with two Australian banks, ANZ and Commonwealth Bank.

Lokman was interrogated on Tuesday by ACC officials. Earlier he was taken to the ACC Headquarters in the capital’s Shegun Bagicha on Monday afternoon for interrogation from Kashimpur jail. 

According to the ACC official, during the night of Monday, Lokman was kept in Ramna Police Station custody, and in the morning on Tuesday he was interrogated. Lokman was undergoing interrogation on a seven-day remand.

Earlier on October 27, the ACC assistant director Saiful Islam filed a case against Lokman on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 4,34,19,000.

The case was filed against him after the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested him from his Monipuripara house on September 25. The RAB personnel arrested him as part of a drive against illegal casino business.

According to ACC officials, Lokman is a friend of BCB President Nazmul Hassan Papan and also a very close aide of Dhaka South City Corporation’s AKM Mominul Huq Sayeed, who has been sacked for his link to illegal casino business and various other crimes. Sayeed is now in Singapore.

The ACC officials also claimed that during the interrogation, Lokman disclosed various important information regarding the casino business and also about many leaders, involved in casino and other crimes.

Meanwhile, the ACC filed two separate cases against detained Ismail Hossain Samrat, former general secretary of Dhaka City Unit Jubo League, and his close aide Enamul Huq Arman for amassing illegal wealth.

ACC Deputy Director (Public Relations) Pranab Kumer Bhattachariya said, “Both the cases were filed with the ACC.

The ACC Deputy Director Jahangir Alam filed a case against Samrat for amassing Tk 2,94, 80,087 while another case was filed by Deputy Director Salahuddin against Arman for amassing Tk 5,40,00,000.

As part of the ongoing cleansing drives, Lokman, Samrat, Arman and around 200 leaders and activists of the Awami League, Jubo League, Krishak League and different other wings of the ruling party have been arrested recently.  

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