C T Online Desk: A Dhaka court on Thursday accepted a charge sheet filed against five people including expelled Narsingdi Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Noor Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon in a case filed for laundering Tk3.23 crore.
Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Senior Special Judge’s Court of Dhaka passed the order after taking the charge sheet into cognizance.
The court also directed the officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur police station to submit a report on the execution of an arrest warrant issued against Zobair Alam by May 23.
The two other accused are Sabbir Khondaker and Sheikh Taiyaba Nur.
Papia, Sumon, Sabbir and Taiyaba are currently in jail while Zobair was shown as a fugitive in the charge sheet.
The couple was given 27 years in jail in an arms case on October 12, 2020.
Md Ibrahim Hossain, an inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet on October 10, 2021.
CID Inspector Md Moniruzzaman filed the case with Gulshan police under the Money Laundering Control Act on March 21, 2020, a month after their arrest.
Earlier, Papia, her husband and two others were arrested by the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on February 22, 2020 from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with counterfeit banknotes, foreign currencies, and cash.
