Enu, Rupon jailed 7-year in money laundering

Court Correspondent: Dhaka, Apr-25,

A Dhaka court today sentenced expelled vice-president of Gandaria Thana Awami League Enamul Haque Enu, its joint secretary Rupon Bhuiyan and nine others to seven years in prison each in cases lodged under the Money Laundering Act.

Judge Mohammad Iqbal Hossain of Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 handed down the verdict today.

The court also fined the convicts a total amount of Taka four crore.

The other accused in the case are– Merajul Haque Bhuiyan Shiplu, Shahidul Haque Bhuiyan, Rashidul Haque Bhuiyan, Pavel Rahman, Tuhin Munshi, Joy Gopal Sarkar, Abul Kalam Azad, Nabir Hossain Sikder and Saiful Islam.

Of them, Enu, Rupon, Joy Gopal, Nabir Hossain, Azad and Saiful were arrested in connection with a case filed with Wari Police Station and they are now in jail.

Earlier, Tuhin was arrested in the same case and later he was released on bail while Merajul, Shahidul, Rashidul and Pavel are on the run.

On September 24, 2019, RAB raided the house of two brothers– Enu and Rupon–and the house of Wanderers Club employees Abul Kalam and Harun Aur Rashid and seized more than Taka five crore, over eight kilograms of gold ornaments and six firearms while Taka two crore was seized from Kalam’s house.

On September 25 in 2019, Inspector Md Ziaul Hasan of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-3 filed the case in this regard.

CID Inspector Mohammad Sadek Ali, also the investigation officers (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the court against 11 people, including suspended vice-president of Gandaria Thana Awami League Enamul Haque Enu and its joint secretary Rupon Bhuiyan.

The court framed charges against the accused on January 5 last year while statements of 10 prosecution witnesses, including complainant of the case, were recorded during the trial.

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