A Dhaka court on Thursday, July 16, 2026, ordered Haridas Chandra Tarani Das, the entrepreneur behind a Ram Murti construction project, to be sent to jail after completion of his remand in a money laundering case. Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Joshita Islam denied his bail and accepted the Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) request to keep him in custody. CID Inspector K.M. Rakibul Huda submitted the petition, stating that Haridas had been extensively interrogated and provided important information about the sources and transfers of funds in his bank and mobile financial accounts.

The CID informed the court that the information obtained from Haridas would assist in the ongoing investigation and that verification of the data was underway. Investigators argued that releasing him on bail could disrupt the probe. Defense lawyer Shyamal Kumar Roy sought bail, which the court rejected. The case was filed on July 12 by CID’s Financial Crime Unit over allegations of laundering Tk 9.35 crore through illegal currency transfers and hundi operations.

Haridas was arrested the same night from Gaibandha’s Palashbari area and remanded for four days on July 13 for interrogation.