GK Shamim’s illegal wealth: Decision on charge acceptance on April 6

A Dhaka court will decide on April 6 whether to accept the charges against GK Shamim, an expelled Jubo League leader, and his mother Ayesha Akhter in a case filed over amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 297 crore.

Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka today set the date after scrutinising the case dockets and other relevant documents.

On February 6 this year, Deputy Director of Anti-Corruption Commission Md Salahuddin, also investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka.

The ACC filed the case against Golam Kibria alias GK Shamim, a top government-listed contractor, and his mother on October 21, 2019 for accumulating illegal wealth worth Tk 297 crore. But the investigation agency found involvement of accruing illegal wealth of Tk 300 crore, according to the charge sheet.

The elite force arrested Shamim and his seven bodyguards after raiding his house and office in Dhaka's Niketon on September 20 of 2019.