Enu, Rupan sentenced to 10 years in fresh money laundering case

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced expelled Awami League leader Enamul Haque Enu and his brother Rupan Bhuiyan to 10 years' imprisonment each in a money laundering case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.

Judge Md Noor-e-Alam Bhuiyan of the Special Judge's Court-6 in Dhaka delivered the verdict. The court also fined each of the two brothers Tk64.62 crore. Eight of their co-accused were acquitted after the court found the allegations against them unproven.

Dhaka Metropolitan Public Prosecutor Omar Faruk Faruqi confirmed the verdict.

The case was filed at Wari Police Station on February 27, 2020 under the Money Laundering Prevention Act by RAB-3 Naib Subedar Ramzan Ali. The case alleged that the accused had concealed Tk26.55 crore acquired through illegal means.

The latest order has brought their total prison terms to 31 years as both the brothers previously had received seven-year prison terms each in three different cases.

On January 30, 2025, Judge Masud Parvez of Dhaka Special Judge's Court-6 sentenced the two brothers to seven years' imprisonment under the Money Laundering Prevention Act and imposed fines of Tk34.26 lakh each.

Earlier, on November 28, 2023, another Dhaka court sentenced them to seven years' imprisonment each in a separate money laundering case and fined them Tk52.88 crore. The verdict was delivered by Judge Badrul Alam Bhuiyan of Dhaka Special Judge's Court-8.

On April 25, 2022, Judge Md Iqbal Hossain of Dhaka Special Judge's Court-5 also sentenced Enu and Rupan to seven years' imprisonment each in another money laundering case and imposed financial penalties.

According to the case documents, the two brothers went into hiding during the anti-casino crackdown in late 2019. At the time, the Rapid Action Battalion conducted raids at several of their properties in Old Dhaka and Keraniganj, recovering large quantities of cash and gold ornaments. Police subsequently filed seven cases against them.

The brothers were arrested in January 2020. Following their arrests, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed four separate cases against them on charges of acquiring assets beyond known sources of income.

In total, they face 11 cases.