Dhaka: A court here today granted four days remand to Bangladeshi origin US citizen Enayet Karim Chowdhury for his alleged involvement in money laundering with former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed. A team of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) led by Deputy Director Md Hafizul Islam produced Enayet Karim before the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Sabbir Foyez with a petition for his five-day remand. The court, after hearing the petition, granted a four-day remand in this connection.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the Dhaka District Integrated Office of the ACC filed a case on February 20 against former IGP Benazir Ahmed, his wife Jisan Mirza, and two daughters for laundering Taka 11,34,50,000 abroad. The ACC team, during the investigation, found the involvement of US citizen Enayet Karim as an accomplice of the former IGP.
Enayet Karim Chowdhury was arrested by police from the city's Minto Road area on September 13 while he was suspiciously moving in the area by a Prado jeep. On September 15, he was taken on a two-day police remand from the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) in connection with a case lodged against him under the anti-terrorism act. On September 17, Enayet Karim Chowdhury and his accomplice SM Golam Mostafa were also taken for another five days of police remand in connection with another case.