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On Sunday (September 22), Police bust four clubs, including Mohammedan Sporting Club, Arambagh Krira Sangha, Dilkusha Sporting Club and Victoria Sporting Club at Motijheel area and confiscated a good number of gambling equipment, li**quour and Taka one lakh in cash.
Additional deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Motijheel zone) Shiblee Noman told that Police started the raids at about 3 pm and continued till 4:45 pm.
Police impounded different equipment of Casino from the clubs, but no one could be arrested from the spots. Noman added that suspects escaped the raids sensing the presence of the law enforcers. He also said legal actions will be taken against the people involved in running Casino Business and gambling in the country.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) raided at least five clubs in Dhaka city and arrested Jubo League leader Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan from his Gulshan residence for alle**gedly running a ‘Casino’ at a football club in Fakirapool on September 18.
As part of its continuous raids at Casinos, RAB also arrested Jubo League central committee leader SM Golam Kibria Shamim on Friday and captured around Tk 1.80 crore and Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) worth Tk 165 crore from his office in the city’s Niketan area.