Shakeel owns thousands of crores with Salman's blessings, 300 crores of smuggling
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Published: 03 Oct 2024, 10:34 pm
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Shakeel owns thousands of crores with Salman's blessings, 300 crores of smuggling
Shakeel Hossain (left) and Salman F Rahman. Photo: Collected
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Shakil Hossain of Old Dhaka has become the owner of thousands of crores of rupees with the blessings of Salman F. Rahman, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's private industry investment adviser, even in Punta Fural to bring salt. He has smuggled about 350 million rupees abroad.
Not only that, it is alleged that most of the controversial businessman Salman F Rahman's 46 thousand crore rupees has been smuggled to different countries through this Shakil. Due to their illegal transactions, they have been redlisted in the respective branches of the bank.
It is known that Shakil Hossain, the son of deceased Jamal Uddin of 6/9 Sheikhshaheb Bazar area of Azimpur, Lalbagh, flourished in finance soon after Awami League came to power in 2009. Shakil built a huge empire thanks to his relationship with Salman F Rahman and under his umbrella. Although he once had a rented house in Azimpur's Chapra Mosque area, he currently owns 12 to 15 houses in that area. Apart from this, he also has a house in Canada's Begumpara. Shakeel is still out of touch despite helping Salman F Rahman in smuggling thousands of crores behind these factories and business establishments. Shakil himself is moving around allegedly by making several companies under different names and smuggling hundreds of crores of rupees.
According to the sources, Shakil used to smuggle a large amount of money abroad through LC under the names of the two banks' wholly-owned companies Smart Life Footwear Industries in Keraniganj, Babar Su-Industries, M Ali Trading, Shahid Bagh Shakil PVC Polymer and Rubber Industries in Islambag, Dhaka and A2Z Trading House in Lalbagh. Currently these accounts have been redlisted by the bank authorities.
On Wednesday, it was seen on the surface, the Shahid Bagh Shakil PVC Polymer and Rubber Industries in Islambag, Dhaka was seen as a dilapidated company. The establishment was not opened after August 5. No employee of the company was seen. Some people around said that the owner of the factory is the influential Shakil of Awami League. The factory has been closed for some time. However, there is no similarity in the external appearance of the institution with the bank transaction information. Hearing that hundreds of crores of rupees were traded in the name of this factory, the people around expressed their enthusiasm.
On the condition of anonymity, some businessmen of the area said that when ordinary businessmen asked for LCs in the bank, they were turned away in different ways. But Shakil's company would not have been spared to make an LC of hundreds of crores of rupees. And Shakeel spread these influences with the help of Salman F Rahman. In the name of these factories, Shakeel used to bring goods from abroad to the port. Later, after selling these goods in the country, Salman F. Rahman used to smuggle money abroad by giving them to Shakeel Hossain through Hundi.
Allegedly, this money was smuggled to Canada, USA, Australia, Dubai. Salman F Rahman often held secret meetings in Shakeel's office and gave directions to launder money abroad. They were often seen in public. Together, they were seen traveling to different places abroad including Hajj and Umrah.
In the current changed situation, because Salman went to jail, Shakeel has covered up and is looking for an opportunity to escape abroad, said some businessmen of the area.
In this regard, the senior principal officer of a bank's Chawkbazar branch told Yugantar that Shakil Hossain's institutions have many problems. Apart from being marked as defaulters, their accounts have been 'redblocked'.
Shakil Hossain did not respond to calls and text messages on his mobile phone to inquire about these allegations. After going to his house in Azimpur, it was not possible to meet or talk to him.
