Samrat lands in jail after remand

Former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged kingpin of the illegal casino business in Dhaka, was sent to jail today after completion of his 10-day remand in two cases filed under the firearms and narcotics control acts.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Baki Billah sent Samrat to jail rejecting his bail petition in a case filed under the firearms act after Shekhar Chandra Mallik, sub-inspector of Rab, produced him before the court on completion of his remand.

The court also asked the authorities concerned to provide him adequate treatment as per jail code following a petition in the case filed under the narcotics control act.   

Earlier, Samrat’s lawyer filed a petition with the court to take him at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) as he was suffering from different ailments, including heart disease.   

On October 15, Samrat was placed on a 10-day remand in two cases filed under the arms and narcotics control acts.

Rab members arrested Samrat, former president of Dhaka South Jubo League, and his close aide Enamul Haque Arman, former vice-president of the same unit, in Cumilla after raiding a house near Indian border on October 6.

He came under the spotlight after Rab busted his illegal casino business at different sporting clubs in Dhaka. He was expelled from the Jubo League following his arrest.

Rab filed the two cases against him with Ramna police station the next day.