Elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-3 members led by Executive Magistrate of Rab Headquarters Sarwoer Alam confiscated about Taka 27 crore stashed in five volts of another home of Casino heroes Enamul Haque Enu and his brother Rupon Bhuiyan- both leaders of Gendaria unit Awami League who were arrested on last January 13 for running illegal Casino business.
The elite police unit also seized a huge cache of fixed-deposit receipt or FDR savings, gold ornaments, foreign currencies and Casino equipment bearing the seal of Wanderers Club, according to RAB officials.
The drive on the house in Old Dhaka's Lalmohan Saha Street was led by the RAB's Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam in the early hours of Tuesday. They subsequently counted the bank notes using a machine until 1pm.
Later, RAB-3 Captain Rafiqul Hassan revealed that the law-enforcement force found Taka 26.55 lakh in cash and FDR worth about Taka 5.15 crore from the residence on the ground floor of the five-storey building.
They also recovered $9,300, 156 Malaysian ringgit, 5,350 Indian rupees, 1,195 Chinese yen, 11,560 Thai baht and 11,560 UAE Dirham along with about 1kg of gold.
The money and the other objects will be handed over to the police. These will later be transferred to the Bangladesh Bank, said Rafiqul.
Enu, a shareholder of Dhaka Wanderers’ Club – one of the first establishments busted during the crackdown on casino operations on Sept 18 last year, was the vice-president of the ruling party's Gandaria Thana unit. His brother Rupon was its joint general secretary.
The law enforcement subsequently recovered about Taka 5 crore, 8kg of gold and six firearms in raids on the residences of the brothers and two others in Dhaka’s Gandaria.
They were arrested later on last January 13 from their hiding in Keraniganj.