CID has filed a case against expelled Juba League leader Ismail Hossain Samrat on the basis of evidence of smuggling of Tk 195 crore to Singapore and Malaysia illegally.

Rashedur Rahman, Assistant Inspector (SI) of the Financial Crime Unit of the CID's Organized Crime Division, filed the case (No. 14) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act at Ramna Police Station in the capital on Sunday (September 13).

Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Jisanul Haque of CID's Organized Crime Division confirmed the matter.

He said that the accused emperor Kakrail stay in the house to hide the source of money and income earned through various illegal and criminal activities. Enamul Haque smuggled abroad with the help of Aman (56). The CID's investigation has found evidence that he smuggled an estimated Rs 195 crore to Singapore and Malaysia. In this context, a case has been filed against him under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act at Ramna Police Station in the capital.

According to the statement of case, the expelled Juba League leader Ismail Chowdhury made illegal money by influencing the Motijheel, Fakirapul, Paltan and Kakrail areas of the capital. Of the illicit money he earned, he smuggled Rs 195 crore to Singapore and Malaysia with the help of his co-accused Arman.

The CID also mentioned the review information of the emperor's foreign travel in the statement of case. According to the review, he traveled to Malaysia three times, from December 26, 2011 to August 9, 2019, twice in Dubai and once in Hong Kong. And his criminal accomplice Arman has traveled to Singapore 25 times from 12 December 2011 to 16 May 2019.

Earlier, a case filed by the ACC against Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat for making money out of arms, drugs and known income was under investigation.

In a case filed by the ACC on November 12 last year, the emperor was accused of acquiring illegal assets worth Tk 2.94 crore. Ismail Hossain Chowdhury, the accused in the case, was ordered to seize the immovable property of the emperor on August 18 in the wake of the ACC's application in the court.