Zoom-Bangla Desk : Afzal Hossain was elected Member of Parliament for four consecutive times in Kishoreganj-5 seat 'unopposed', 'unvoted' and 'dummy vote'. After getting the stone in the hands of power, he started unlimited corruption and looting. To acquire illegal wealth, he chose hundi business including extortion, tender, bribery, illegal extraction of river sand, land grabbing etc. He has smuggled huge amount of money outside the country as well.

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There are flats, houses and cars in Singapore, Australia and Malaysia. Afzal's mountain of wealth has been covered by the sweat of millions of hardworking people of the country.

Afzal is still at large after the fall of the dictatorial Awami League government in a student uprising. Now the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) are simultaneously investigating him.

According to sources, many of those who were beneficiaries and corrupt during the Awami League government are still hiding. That list is also quite long. But gradually they will be investigated against all.

Information about businesses, flats, shares, multiple cars and bank deposits have been found in the name of Afzal. Actions will be taken by the competent authority as per the type if the facts and irregularities are found in the investigation.

Talking to various agencies, no information was available about the current status of the investigation into Afzal. However, on the condition of anonymity, an official of the income tax department of NBR told Kal Kantha, 'There is a huge difference between the real income and assets of this former parliamentarian and the income and assets mentioned in his tax documents. He has hidden the information of huge wealth.

Wealth abroad by smuggling money in hundi

For a long time, he built a thriving business of hundi in several countries including Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. It is known that Afzal's hundi syndicate used to collect foreign currency from the expatriates and send the money to the families of the expatriates very easily through their agents in the country. The government has been deprived of foreign currency. On the other hand, Afzal has prepared his own sugarcane with foreign currency. Although there are no exact figures on how much money he has stolen in this way, various sources say that Afzal and his relatives have assets worth thousands of crores of rupees. Among them, multiple flats in elite areas of Singapore, houses and cars in Australia and several houses and cars in Malaysia were found in the name of Afzal. Detectives are working to collect more information through various foreign agencies.

Shoes worn on the pavement are very expensive now

In the 1980s, Afzal's father, Abu Bakr Siddique, used to sell shoes on the sidewalks of Gulistan. Afzal used to help him sell shoes on the pavement. However, in the course of time, he cheated people and now he is the owner of 'Afzal Sooz'. From the footpath of Gulistan now owns a shoe shop in Fulbaria Super Market. Apart from this, there are at least 30 locations of his shoe showrooms in the country. He has a shoe factory worth hundreds of crores in Savar's Ashulia. Apart from this, he owns more than 250 shops in Bangabazar and Bangabazar's Annex Bhavan Market, Gulistan's Dhaka Trade Center and Zaker Market.

reign of possession

Instead of improving the fortunes of the people in his constituency, he made a profit by running a steam roller of injustice on the people. Government lands were not out of his sight. In Bajitpur Upazila, government allocated Muktijoddha Complex land was taken over and construction of the market was taken over, Bengala river occupation, Namkawaste occupation in many markets of the constituency area by determining lease, substandard work by assigning contractor responsibility to relatives, Bill-hao use according to their own will, Bengala Charbada, Looting money from Kaiya Khaira, Maijchar, Baherbali, Humaipur, Ghorautra river water mahals, construction of houses on 70 percent occupied land in Noapara village of Bajitpur, five shops on government land in front of Sinamhal in Basantpur Mauza, about 15 percent land of Sinamhal in Darighagatia Mauza, pond in Napit Mahal in Bajitpur Bazar, Occupancy of about two acres of land in Darighagatia Mauza of Bajitpur Municipality and about 25 percent of land in Vasantpur Mauza for three-story market, about two acres of land on the south side of Water Development Board office, about 20 percent of the land of Babaripara in Nandina Aliabad Mauza, about 60 percent of land on the west side of Bajitpur Dilalpur Road in Tatlchar Mauza. , Gazirachar Mauza about eight acres of land, Shasherdighi Mauza about 10 acres of paddy land, Bajitpur Mauza 20 percent of the land on the east side of Maturapur village, Dighirpar Mauza 20 percent of the land on the north side of the Ferighat of the mosque, he built a shop.

Nine in the allocation of shops, extortion

While being an MP, Afzal has embezzled at least hundreds of crores of rupees in the last 15 years in the name of shop allotment in Bangabazar complex. The officials of Dhaka South City Corporation were also conniving in this work. Illegal shop owners killed money in the name of legality. It was never validated later. By abusing power, he held businessmen hostage and carried out open extortion. By increasing the number of authorized shops, they made their own people shop owners. Those 591 shop owners paid one lakh taka to the city corporation to get recognition as shop owners, but later they were sold for taka 30 to 40 lakhs.

The number of legal shops in Dhaka North and South Trade Center was 1,245. Apart from this, Afzal Syndicate builds 700 non-design shops in different places of the market including underground, elevators. The then mayor Syed Khokon was robbed of Tk 7 to 15 lakh per shop. A trade of crores of rupees has been done here. However, the shop owners paid money but did not get any valid ownership documents.

Bribery to get bond license

Afzal owns a shoe manufacturing factory at Dosaide in Ashulia called 'Famous Shoes Limited' jointly with Gulistan Hawkers Market Awami League President Nazmul Hossain. From where shoes are supplied all over the country including Dhaka's Gulistan. He did not think about the import of raw materials for making shoes under the bond facility when the Awami League government was in power. At that time, he had a lot of income from robbery. But now those incomes are collapsing and the bond is running for benefits. Businessmen are afraid of creating an uneven commercial gap with local businessmen if they get the bond license. There are allegations that Afzal wants to get bond license in the name of famous Suz by bribing the customs officials. However, the main condition for getting a bond license is 100% export. But this company supplies shoes in the country.

Charisma in the election affidavit

In 2008, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for the first time in the 9th National Parliament Election. He then won the 2014 uncontested election, the 2018 uncontested election and the 2024 dummy election. In the 2008 election affidavit, he mentioned the cash amount of Tk 9 lakh 96 thousand. However, in the 2024 election affidavit, his cash amount was mentioned as Tk 4 crore 64 lakh 80 thousand. He also concealed the information of several criminal cases in the election affidavit.

Namely and anonymously as much wealth

6/4, two flats in Hasinu's Green House at Segunbagicha, 95, a five-storied building at Agamsih Lane, one flat in the name of wife behind fire brigade at Lalmatia and two seven-storied houses at Bangshal. Seven-storey house in Dakshin Banshri, seven-storey plot in Uttara, house built on six-storey land on the slope of Keraniganj Bridge, C-Block of Aftabnagar, 13/A road of Rajuk Jhilmil Residential Project, one plot of five-storey in Purbachal, six-storey house in Siddikbazar, son of Saeed Hossain in Dakshin Banshri. He built a five-storied house named

Intoxicated with wealth, he has built huge wealth in the constituency. He has occupied 20 percent of the land in Bajitpur municipality area of ​​Kishoreganj and built a seven-story market, a three-story beautiful building in his village Dilalpur in Bajitpur, 275 percent of land in two mouzas in front of the Bajitpur municipality Dak bungalow, and a two-story paved house for his in-laws in the area.

Former chairman of NBR Najibur Rahman arrested

MP Afzal Hossain could not be reached when contacted to discuss the matter. Several sources have said that he gave Gadhaka only after the fall of the Awami League government.