Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed Karim claimed himself completely innocent while giving his self-defence statement at a court on Wednesday in a case filed for keeping illegal arms.

Police on Wednesday submitted chargesheets against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed Karim in two separate cased filed for keeping illegal arms and foreign currency.

A tribunal in Dhaka on Wednesday took the charges against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed Karim into cognizance and fixed August 27 for hearing on charge framing in an arms case.