Rapid Action Battalion today pressed charges against SM Golam Kibria Shamim popularly known as GK Shamim and his seven bodyguards for possessing illegal firearms.

Sub-Inspector Shekhor Chandra Mallik of the elite force submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka tonight.

Two cases were lodged against Shamim under Narcotic Control and Money Laundering acts while another one was filed against Shamim and his seven bodyguards with Gulshan Police Station on charge of creating panic among people by brandishing firearms.

The elite force arrested Shamim and his seven body gourds after raiding his house and office in Dhaka’s Niketon on September 20.

The lawmen also seized eight firearms, a huge amount of ammunition, Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) worth Tk 165 crore and around Tk 1.8 crore in cash, a large stash of US and Singaporean dollars and some foreign liquor.

Shamim, who is a top government-listed contractor also known to be a Jubo League leader, has been remanded for 10 days in two cases.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahmuda Akter passed the order on September 21, after police produced him before the court seeking a 14-day remand in the cases –one filed under Firearms Act and another under Narcotics Control Act.

Besides, the seven bodyguards of Shamim were remanded for four days each in connection with the case filed under the Firearms Act.