Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members seized some foreign currencies of different countries, including US dollars and Malaysian Ringgits, during a drive an online based gambling office of Salim Prodhan in Gulshan-2 of Dhaka tonight.

The Rab team also recovered some bottles of illegal foreign wine and several laptops from the office, Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan, senior assistant director of Rab's Legal and Media wing, told The Daily Star.

Salim Prodhan. Photo: Collected

Rab-1 team conducted the drive at “P24 Gaming” office at the building "Momtaz Vision" on Road no. 99 around 8:30pm, said Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan.

The drive ended around 6:00am.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members carry out a raid at an online based gambling office of Salim Prodhan in Gulshan-2 of Dhaka on September 30, 2019. Photo: Muntakim Saad /star

Earlier in the day, the elite force arrested one Salim from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka when he was trying to flee from the country around 3:30pm, Col Tofayel Mustafa Sorwar, additional director general (operation) of the elite force, told The Daily Star. 

Following confessional statement of Salim, the Rab team raided his office, said Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan, senior additional director of Rab’s legal and media wing.   

Salim, allegedly involved in laundering money scam, was off loaded from a Bangkok-bound flight as he crossed the immigration check completing all formalities, said a source in the airport.

The law enforcement agencies have started crackdown against casino and illegal business.

As a part of the drive, law enforcement agencies arrested Dhaka South Jubo League Organising Secretary Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan on September 18 for running a casino at a football club in the capital and Shamim, popularly known as GK Shamim, on September 20, for his alleged involvement in criminal activities and tender manipulation.

Following Khaled’s arrest, law enforcement agencies also detained a number of leaders of Jubo League, Krishak League and the Awami League in the capital.