Laundering Tk 2,000cr: AL leader, his brother confess to magistrate

 A former leader of Faridpur town Awami League and his brother yesterday confessed before a Dhaka court to have laundered over Tk 2,000 crore in the last few years, a court official said.

Sajjad Hossain alias Barkat, former unit Awami League general secretary, and his brother Imtiaz Hasan alias Rubel, former president of Faridpur Press Club gave confessional statements before the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahmuda Akhter.

Earlier, Uttam Kumar Biswas, assistant superintendent of police at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and also the investigation officer of the case, produced them before the court.

In their statements, the two told the court how they had made a quick buck and sent it abroad.

After recording statements, the magistrate sent them to Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.

SM Miraj Al Mahmud, a CID inspector, lodged the case against the two brothers under the money laundering act with Kafrul Police Station on June 26.

On June 7, police arrested nine people, including Sajjad and Rubel, from different parts of Faridpur town for their alleged involvement in attacking a house of one Subal Chandra in the town's Goalchamat area on May 16.

According to the case statement, the two amassed huge amount of wealth after they won contracts from various government departments in the district, including LGED, BRTA, and roads and highways, through manipulation since 2010.

They were also allegedly involved in drug trading and land grabbing.

They own 23 buses, several trucks and a number of luxurious cars.