The Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police will investigate charges of unlawful possession of liquors and narcotics against Dhallywood actor Pori Moni.
“The narcotics case against Pori Moni, film producer Nazrul Islam Raz and others have been handed over the DB in line with instructions by the DMP [Dhaka metro police] commissioner,” OC Nure Azam of the Banani police station told Bangla Tribune on Friday.
On Thursday, a Dhaka court gave investigators four days to interrogate the actor after Banani police’s Inspector Sohel Rana sought a seven-day remand in two cases started by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
The elite police unit detained Pori Moni on Wednesday after raiding her home in Dhaka.
As many as 19 bottles of liquor, 4 grams of ice or crystal meth, and a blot of LSD was found at Pori Moni’s flat, said RAB.
The court on Thursday also remanded Pori Moni’s associate Ashraful Islam Dipu, who was held from the actor's flat at the upscale neighbourhood of Banani.
Producer Raz and his associate Sabuj Ali were held in a raid on Raz’s Banani house.
They have been remanded for four days in another case on similar charges.
Raz had helped Pori Moni to make a career on the film industry, the RAB said in a media briefing on Friday.
RAB claimed Raz carried out illicit activities in the name of hosting night parties and kept pornographic content in his laptop.
He faces charges under the Pornography (Control) Act in another case.
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