- All the record is on the prime of the federal government’s
- 30-35 OCs even have a number of homes
- Relations handle the home
The Police and bureaucrats personal 252 properties in america. An inventory of 252 bureaucrats, law enforcement officials, and authorities officers who’ve purchased homes in america by smuggling the nation’s cash has been discovered. The record has been despatched to the highest degree of presidency. Analyzing this record, it’s discovered that amongst these 252 folks, not less than 30-35 are police OCs (Inspectors). A few of them have multiple home. Who purchased a home in america? An intelligence company has been investigating this matter for a number of months. That report is now out. All of them smuggled cash in a foreign country and took it to america. Specialists have demanded motion in opposition to them.
Aside from authorities secretary-rank officers, prime police officers are additionally on this record. Those that have necessary duties as trustees of the federal government. Not solely through the tenure of this authorities but additionally through the earlier governments, authorities officers, together with bureaucrats, and law enforcement officials, have smuggled cash overseas. Even then, the record of lots of of presidency officers and workers with property overseas was printed. Many such folks at the moment are staying of their properties overseas and spreading false propaganda in opposition to the nation.
The present authorities has undertaken huge growth actions. Consequently, they don’t want to fret about public votes. However due to these dishonest officers, the Prime Minister has to face many questions at dwelling and overseas. Barrister Shamim Haider Patwari, Member of Parliament of the opposition Jatiya Celebration, demanded that the record of bureaucrats who’ve homes and vehicles overseas ought to be disclosed within the Parliament in January final yr. Then he mentioned, The media has give you bureaucrats having large wealth overseas. The record of bureaucrats who’ve homes and vehicles overseas ought to be disclosed in Parliament. They need to be fired and delivered to justice. This member of parliament even commented that they need to be hanged.
Speaking to Ittefaq, a police inspector (OC) who has a house overseas mentioned, ‘We’ve to pay a bribe of Tk 20 to 50 lakh to get a posting in a police station. I nonetheless cannot keep for a yr. Now what do we’ve got to do with out creating wealth? When will I serve folks? Once more, on this, there’s political lobbying.
In case you commit corruption or become involved in corruption, then it’s important to take safety preventive measures. If the federal government modifications, what’s the assure that I will work within the nation the place I reside? Consequently, I’ve to make every kind of preparations to remain overseas prematurely. We’ve to ship the spouse and youngsters there prematurely and organize for all the household to go away with citizenship.’
Dhaka College’s Social Welfare and Analysis Institute affiliate professor and social crime knowledgeable. Touhidul Haque advised Ittefaq, ‘Such info could be very worrying for us. They looted folks’s cash or cash for numerous growth initiatives and took it overseas.
If those that work for the welfare of the folks of society are busy with their very own growth, how will the folks of the nation develop? Individuals lose respect for such information when it comes out within the media. Now the federal government ought to take authorized motion in opposition to those that purchased property overseas by confiscating the property in favor of the state. Now that this cash is overseas, it’s tough to bring it back from there. However the authorities ought to attempt to promote these property and produce cash to the nation.
Two years in the past, a report was printed, it was mentioned that 6 million 309 million {dollars} have been smuggled out of Bangladesh in 10 years (2006 to 2015) by concealing the precise knowledge of imports and exports. In keeping with the present change fee, the quantity in Bangladeshi foreign money is about 5 lakh and fifty thousand crores. The Washington-based analysis institute World Monetary Integrity (GFI) printed this info on cash laundering. In keeping with the GFI, in 2015, 5.9 billion {dollars}, or 50 thousand crore taka, have been smuggled from Bangladesh.
A senior authorities official owns two homes in New York, USA. The officer’s brothers take care of that home. In keeping with a report, greater than half of bureaucrats’ kids research overseas. Additionally, the little kids of a lot of law enforcement officials research overseas. Wherever they research, they ship their wives and purchase homes to settle completely. Not solely in america, many officers have purchased homes in Canada, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, and even India. Lately, the home of a police officer in India was taken over by his caretaker family. He’s making an attempt to get better the home by pressuring the family to remain within the nation home of that relative.
The federal government had given a possibility to convey the smuggled cash to the nation within the final monetary yr. Although that interval ended on June 30, nobody has introduced again the cash smuggled in a yr. By this, an initiative of the federal government ended up as fruitless with none response. After independence, for the primary time within the nation, cash laundered within the price range was allowed to be introduced again with out query; However there was no response to this initiative.
Numerous research have revealed that an enormous sum of money is being smuggled into the financial growth of the nation. It’s mentioned that ‘Begum Para’ was in-built Canada with cash smuggled in a foreign country. Equally, Bangladeshis are within the prime 5 on the record of second-home applications in Malaysia. Aside from this, Bangladeshi cash can be in Dubai.
Within the parliament session final January, Jatiya Party MP Mujibul Haque Chunnu mentioned that the information printed within the media in regards to the homes, vehicles, and property of Bangladeshis overseas ought to be investigated to find out whether or not it’s true or not.
He mentioned, At present, I’ve been noticing that cash laundering, and shopping for flats overseas is being printed in numerous media, together with newspapers, and information is coming. I noticed our overseas secretary saying that our Bangladeshi individuals who reside in several international locations, together with America, Canada, and England, are promoting the property of this nation and taking cash. Not taking it in a respectable approach.
I noticed that the International Secretary is drawing the eye of the Ministry of Residence Affairs and Finance. He mentioned we’ve got no objection if those that reside in Europe-America promote their property and take cash legally. However why will the cash go the unlawful approach?
