Bangladesh's
elite
anti-crime
and
anti-terrorism
force
RAB
(Rapid
Action
Battalion)
on
August
4
detained
the
country’s
well-known
film
actress
Pori
Moni
aka
Smrity
Shamsunnahar
after
raiding
her
house
here
"on
the
basis
of
specific
allegations",
days
after
two
models
were
arrested
on
blackmail
charges.
Moni,
28,
who
has
over
lakhs
of
followers
on
social
media,
initially
claimed
that
unknown
people
attacked
her
house
and
sought
police
protection
even
as
a
huge
contingent
of
the
Rapid
Action
Battalion
(RAB)
cordoned
off
the
building
in
an
upscale
Dhaka
neighbourhood.
"We
have
specific
charges
against
her
(Moni)
but
we
will
explain
our
action
later," RAB
spokesman
Major
Roisul
Azam
Moni
told
journalists
as
she
was
detained
from
her
house
while
hundreds
of
onlookers
thronged
the
scene.
A
senior
official,
on
the
condition
of
anonymity,
said
Modi
amassed
huge
wealth
through
"immoral
activities".
Live
TV
footage
showed
an
entire
floor
of
her
multi-storied
house
with
shelves
filled
with
liquor
and
other
types
of
narcotics.
The
RAB,
which
draws
men
from
the
Army,
the
Navy
and
the
Air
Force,
carried
out
the
raid
along
with
the
police
in
presence
of
TV
cameras.
On
June
14,
2021,
the
actress
levelled
allegations
of
attempted
rape
and
murder
on
a
Dhaka
businessman.
She
had
sought
Prime
Minister
Sheikh
Hasina's
intervention
to
bring
the
"culprits"
to
justice.
On
her
allegations,
the
police
arrested
businessman
Nasiruddin
Mahmood,
also
a
former
footballer
and
student
leader,
along
with
two
others.
They
were
granted
bail
after
being
imprisoned
for
18
days.
Last
month,
a
club
filed
a
case
with
the
police
accusing
Moni
of
vandalising
their
bar.
The
raid
came
three
days
after
the
police
arrested
models
Faria
Mahbub
Piasha
and
Mou
Akter
after
raiding
their
Dhaka
residences
from
where
contraband
drugs
and
liquor
were
seized.
"They
(the
two
models)
are
members
of
a
group
that
carry
out
organised
blackmailing…
People
from
well-off
families
used
to
visit
their
houses
to
be
entrapped
eventually,"
a
police
spokesman
had
said
after
their
arrest.
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