BFIU seeks bank statement of Jubo League chief
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) today asked the authorities of different lenders to send bank statements of Jubo League Chairman Mohammad Omar Faroque Chowdhury.
The banks were asked to submit the detailed information of all accounts owned by Omar Faroque in three working days, an official of the BFIU told The Daily Star this evening.
The financial intelligence unit has taken the move as part of the government’s ongoing drive against casino business, gambling and corruption, the official said.
The BFIU and the National Board of Revenue have recently frozen bank accounts of those who involved in casino business and gambling in Dhaka and sought account information about a number of Jubo League leaders due to their alleged involvement in running the illegal business.
On September 18, Rapid Action Battalion arrested Jubo League Dhaka South Organising Secretary Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan at his Gulshan home for running a “casino” at a football club in Fakirerpool.
In response to the arrest, Jubo League Chairman Omar Faroque Chowdhury during a meeting at Darussalam in the capital said, “You [law enforcers] are saying there are 60 casinos in Dhaka. What were you doing all this time? If that is true, the policemen of the police stations and the Rab personnel of the Rab units concerned should be arrested.
“I’ve never seen a casino... I’d love to see one. If you want to arrest me then arrest me ... But you [law enforcers] have given tacit approval to these casinos.”
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