Former Law Minister Anisul Haq and his personal assistant (PS) MD Rashedul Kawsar Bhuiyan have been arrested in a money laundering case, which was registered on charges of collecting around Tk 2.5 billion through extortion and money laundering.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ehsanul Islam accepted the petition from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) seeking his arrest.
The investigating officer of the case, CID Inspector Mohammad Ashraful Islam, placed the petition before the court on February 20 in the presence of the accused. After this the court fixed March 2 for further proceedings.
According to the case statement, the Financial Crimes Unit of the CID, in its preliminary investigation, has found that the accused in collusion formed an organized criminal network which systematically collected huge sums of money through extortion over a long period.