A Dhaka court on Sunday placed Enayet Karim, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin Chowdhury, on a four-day remand in a money laundering case linked to former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed.
Judge Sabbir Faiz of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The ACC has sought five days’ of remand.
No lawyer represented the accused during the hearing.
Karim, arrested as a suspect in the case, was produced before the court from jail.
The ACC filed the case on February 20, accusing Benazir, his wife Zeeshan Mirza and their daughters Farhin Rishta Binte Benazir and Tahsin Raisa Binte Benazir of laundering Tk 113.45 million. According to the case statement, the family prematurely encashed several FDRs without showing legitimate sources of the funds and allegedly siphoned the money abroad.
The case notes that the funds were amassed through corruption and abuse of power during Benazir’s tenure as RAB director general and police chief.
In December 2023, the ACC also filed four separate cases against Benazir and his family over Tk 740 million in unexplained wealth.
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