A Dhaka court has placed suspended Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon on 3-day fresh remand each in a case filed against them for amassing 6.24 crore taka illegally.
Dhaka Metropolitan senior special judge KM Imrul Kayesh passed the order on Monday.
ACC filed the case against Papia, and her husband Sumon on August 4. ACC Deputy Director Shaheen Ara Momtaz filed the case with ACC’s Dhaka district office-1.
According to the case documents, Papia and her husband from October 12, 2019 to February 22, 2020 rented a total of 25 rooms of a 5-star hotel in Dhaka and paid over 3.23 crore taka cash rent, bills for bars, spa, laundry and food service.
Papia spent around 40 lakh taka in shopping during her stay at the hotel, but couldn’t show any valid source of income against this huge expenditure.
Besides, ACC also did not find any valid source of 30 lakh taka which Papia paid as rent for her flat from April 2015 to April 2020, 1 crore taka invested in car business, 20 lakh taka invested in car wash solution business in Narsingdi and over 30.52 lakh taka deposited in different bank accounts of her and her husband.
On February 22, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Papia and her husband, along with two of their accomplices, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with counterfeit banknotes, foreign currencies and cash.
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