Properties in Dubai: Investigate allegations against 459 Bangladeshis

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The High Court yesterday ordered relevant authorities to carry out separate investigations into allegations against 459 Bangladeshis of buying properties in Dubai without disclosing any information about them.

The Anti-Corruption Commission, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFUJ), the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Police and the National Board of Revenue (NBR) have been tasked with carrying out the investigations and submitting reports. advancement to HC within 30 days.

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In response to a written motion, the court also issued a rule asking respondents to explain why their failure to take appropriate action against those responsible for buying houses, apartments, cars and other properties by money laundering in Dubai, capital of the United States. United Arab Emirates, should not be declared illegal.

In the rule, the HC also asked respondents to explain why they should not be asked to take action against Bangladeshi nationals who bought properties using money laundered in Dubai.

Respondents to the rule include Cabinet, Finance, and Law Secretaries; Presidents of ACC and NBR; heads of BFIUs and CIDs; and the Governor of the Bangladesh Bank.

The HC Bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat Lizu passed the order following a writ petition filed by Supreme Court Counsel Subir Nandi Das seeking necessary directions in this regard.

He submitted the petition to the HC on January 12, after a report was published in the Bangla Daily by Bonik Barta under the headline “Dubai E 459 Bangladeshir Hajar Property (thousands of properties of 459 Bangladeshis in Dubai) on January 10.

According to the report, huge sums of money were transferred to Dubai, overtly or covertly, from different countries, while various sectors, including finance, land and real estate, use this laundered money.

Reviewing information gathered by the US-based Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS), the EU tax consultancy said 459 Bangladeshis purchased properties in Dubai without disclosing information, according to the report by Bonik Barta.

ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan; Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik and Attorney Syed Sayedul Haque Suman presented arguments before the HC bench during the motion hearing.

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