Dhaka, Oct. 8 -- A Tk 16.26 million money trail has landed Kuki-Chin National Front chief Nathan Bawm and eight others in a money laundering case, the CID says.

The case was filed under the Money Laundering Prevention Act at Bayezid Bostami Police Station on Wednesday after an investigation into the financing of uniforms for the Chittagong Hill Tracts armed group.

The CID said Tk 9.06 million was paid to Well Composite Knit to produce camouflage-printed fabric, while another Tk 7.2 million went to three garment companies to stitch 40,000 sets of shirts and trousers.

The suspects include Nathan, Mong Hla Sing Marma, who allegedly acted as the KNF representative, and seven others from Chattogram, Rangamati, Chapainawabganj and Lalmonirha...