Dhaka: Managing Director of Raintree Hotel, where two private university girls were allegedly raped recently, appeared before the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID) in Dhaka on Tuesday.

MD Shah Mohammad Adnan Harun along with his uncles Mujibul Hoque Kamal and Akbar Hossain Manju and lawyer Jahangir Kabir appeared before CIID’s  the Kakrail office around 11:00am to explain the source of 10 bottles of foreign liquor seized during a drive at the hotel, said Safiur Rahman, joint director of CIID.

Earlier on Monday, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court stayed the High Court order for six months that had stayed for one month the effectiveness of the CIID’s notice summoning Raintree Hotel managing director.

On May 15, the CIID summoned Shah Mohammad Adnan Harun to appear before it on May 23 after recovery of liquor by a CIID team from the hotel.

The CIID served the notice under section 166 (3) of Customs Act and under section 9(3) of Money Laundering Act.

Following the CIID notice, a counsel of the hotel owner filed a writ petition challenging the legality of the notice.

Earlier, on May 14, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials conducted a drive at Raintree Hotel and seized 10 bottles of foreign liquor from a room of the hotel.