A Dhaka court on Sunday framed charges against former Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan in two cased filed under the Money Laundering Prevention Act and Narcotics Control Act.
The charges were framed in the court of Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Rabiul Alam. The court fixed June 1 for recording testimonies of the witnesses.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) filed the drugs case and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police filed the money laundering case against Khaled, who is now in Kashimpur Central Jail.
RAB-3 arrested him from his Gulshan residence on September 18, 2019, for allegedly running an illegal casino in the city’s Fakirerpool area.
The law enforcement agency seized illegal weapons, yaba and huge cash from his residence.
RAB handed him over to Gulshan Police Station on September 19.