ACC asked to attach 2 flats of ex-Jubo League leader Samrat in grafts case

A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to attach two flats of expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, one of the casino kingpins, in connection with a graft case.

One flat measuring 1,317 square feet is located in Mohakhali DOHS, while the other measuring 4,250 is in Kakrail in the capital.

Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka passed the order after ACC deputy director and also the investigation officer of the case, submitted an application to attach the flats.

In the application, the IO said earlier Samrat's bank accounts were frozen following a court order but his two flats located should be attached for the sake of investigation.

On November 12 last year, the ACC filed the case against Samrat with its Integrated District Office-1 of Dhaka for amassing wealth worth Tk 2.94 crore through illegal means.

On October 6 last year, Rapid Action Battalion members arrested Samrat, who was president of Dhaka South unit Jubo League and his close aide Arman, former vice-president of the same unit, from Cumilla after raiding a house near the Indian border.

Samrat came under the spotlight after Rab busted his illegal casino business at different sporting clubs in Dhaka and later he was expelled from the Jubo League following his arrest.

A Rab mobile court, led by Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam, also sentenced Samrat to six months' imprisonment for possessing wild animal hides and another six months for possessing illegal liquor.

Rab filed two cases against him with Ramna Police Station the next day in this connection and on September 24, the government imposed a travel ban on Samrat.