The search for the loss of two and a half thousand rupees of Far East has stopped
September 18, 20245 Mins Read
Jumbangla Desk: An investigation into the loss of about two and a half thousand crore rupees of Far East Islami Life Insurance Limited was started. Several cases have also been filed in the case of embezzlement of the company's money. Investigation of the case and further investigation is ongoing. But both the search and the investigation have stalled. Details from the Human Land report-
Several other investigations under the insurance and other financial institutions wing of the ACC are pending. The concerned say that there is not enough manpower in that branch as per the organogram.
The corruption wing of insurance and other financial institutions is run by less than half of the officers in the original organogram. Several officers of the ACC have also expressed their anger about this.
They say that those who are running the branch have also been given the investigation and responsibility of other branches. As a result, none of this is being done properly.
According to ACC sources, the ACC branch dealing with corruption in insurance and financial institutions is headed by a director and has 37 officers as per the organogram. But on paper at the moment only eight people are in charge of investigating and investigating various financial corruptions.
All of these eight have been handed over to other branches of the ACC for investigation.
Sources say that according to the organogram - one director, ten deputy directors, 16 assistant directors, ten deputy assistant directors are supposed to manage insurance and other financial institution branch operations. But the branch of ACC currently has one director, three deputy directors, two assistant directors and two deputy assistant directors in charge. Among the three deputy directors, two have been transferred to other branches recently. As a result, the operation of this insurance and financial institution branch is officially running with five people.
ACC officials said that the relevant branch is investigating and investigating major irregularities in the financial sector of Bangladesh. Where there is currently an investigation into the loss of at least 20 thousand crore rupees, if there are so few officers, the investigation work will not be completed on time.
A senior officer of the ACC, who did not wish to be named, said, "It is a huge operation." Where the most important investigations are going on there are not so few officers. Half of the organogram officers are not in charge of this branch. Mafias involved in irregularities in the insurance and financial sectors can escape at any time if investigations and investigations are not completed on time. As a result, it will be difficult to bring them under the law. Also, if the smugglers have smuggled money, that too will not be caught.
This official also said that in many cases of the ACC, the accused have given bribes. Some have fled abroad with thousands of crores of rupees. Even if the court sentences them, there is no opportunity to enjoy it. And these accused got a chance to escape because of the slow action of the ACC. No accused can escape punishment if the search and investigation is completed quickly.
According to ACC sources and investigation sources of various times, the case is currently under investigation after investigation of at least twenty thousand crores of embezzlement in the insurance and financial institutions branch of the organization. Out of this, Far East Islami Bank is being investigated for the loss of Tk 2,367 crore since the beginning of 2023. In the name of land purchase, a case was filed against 8 people including former chairman of the company Nazrul Islam and his wife Taslima Islam on charges of embezzlement and smuggling of 115 crore rupees on September 7 last year.
On May 23rd of the same year, Far East's managing director and chief executive officer. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against Hemayet Uliah. He was accused of embezzling 34 crore 72 lakh taka from 33 bank accounts of the insurance company. Apart from this, several other investigations are ongoing in the ACC regarding the embezzlement of money by this financial institution. Besides, the cases filed last year are under investigation.
Meanwhile, in 2020, an investigation was started against Prashant Kumar Halder for allegedly embezzling about three thousand crores from People's Leasing, International Leasing. While conducting these investigations, ACC found evidence of embezzlement of 5000 crore rupees from several institutions including FAS Finance, Prime Finance. ACC has already filed two dozen cases of embezzlement. During the investigation after the case, the agency also found evidence of S Alam group's involvement. But due to lack of sufficient officers, the cases are pending.
Meanwhile, the ACC has filed at least 13 cases against 13 people, including former Secretary General of Bangladesh and chairman of the organization Major (Retd.) Abdul Mannan, for embezzling ten thousand crores of Bangladesh Industrial Finance Corporation Limited (BIFC). These cases were filed in the last one year. These cases are currently under investigation. However, due to the lack of sufficient officers in the branch, there has been a lot of stagnation in these investigations.
On the other hand, ACC has filed several cases against Uttara Finance for embezzlement of Tk 3000 crore. The agency is also investigating the matter. But the concerned officials say that none of these searches and investigations are going on properly at the moment.
According to ACC sources, after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in the face of anti-discrimination student movement on August 5, the outline of the organization's activities changed. Since then, the commission has been investigating the MPs-ministers of the previous government as part of public inquiry . As a result, many important ongoing investigations have come to a standstill. As a result, doubts have also arisen about the matter of bringing those who looted thousands of crores of rupees under the law.
When contacted, ACC Director General (Administration) Shahriaz refused to comment on the shortage of officers in an important branch. Shahriaz said, I have no say in this matter. At this time he advised to contact the public relations officer.
In this regard ACC public relations officer said. Aktarul Islam said, it is an administrative matter. I have nothing to do. I will inform the matter to the Secretary.
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