The main culprit of corruption is BIWTA Chairman: BIWTA Director Shajahan owns two thousand crore taka! Fake freedom fighter!

The main culprit of corruption is BIWTA Chairman: BIWTA Director Shajahan owns two thousand crore taka! Fake freedom fighter!

National Desk :    |    ০১:০৩ পিএম, ২০২৫-০৯-০৪

News Desk: Shahjahan, the director of the BIWTA's management department, a trusted and beneficiary of the fascist Awami government, became reckless through widespread corruption and irregularities by forming a syndicate. His syndicate has opened contracting companies under various names and anonymously and has booked work worth hundreds of crores of taka. He has even embezzled crores of taka through fake bill vouchers. However, after hiding for a few days after the fall of the fascist Awami government on August 5, Shahjahan has recently turned around. Even now, he is continuing his misdeeds as before by managing some influential people in exchange for money. Although multiple complaints have been filed with the ACC against these misdeeds, no action has been taken against Shahjahan. The ACC's failure to take action has created anger among BIWTA officials and employees at all levels. Even though such criminals have amassed billions of taka through their misdeeds, they have escaped capture and have been met with a storm of condemnation from various quarters.

According to the complaint, Director Shahjahan and Additional Director (Sailor) Md. Abdur Rahim, through a large amount of money transaction, issued a No. of Operation (NOA) to M/s Patuakhali Agency No. 35 Sirajuddaula Road for the supply of fuel to C&P Aricha branch under the authority of BIWTA on 12/09/24 for the financial year 2024-2025 at a cost of 1 crore 59 lakh 48 thousand 7 hundred and 35 taka. Approval was sent for the bill for ships and pontoons for the partial months of September, October 2024 on 03/11/2024. Later on 11/11/2024, the contractor submitted a bill of Tk 9 lakh 29 thousand 886 to the Aricha office of BIWTA with the signature of the committee, which was approved by the Accounts Department from the concerned department of the Dhaka head office in exchange for illegal money transactions. Then the Aricha office paid the bill through a check. Currently, the bill is being deposited directly from the Director Accounts Office of BIWTA to the bank account of the contractor through I-Bus. However, as per the terms of the tender, the contractor providing the fuel does not have an office in the Aricha port area.

Besides, they do not have any fuel supply tanks, lorries, tankers and storage warehouses. Also, there is no permission from BIWTA to dock ships. On the other hand, in the presence of the committee, 3 officers, people from the contracting company and master drivers are supposed to sign logs and invoices while receiving fuel at the Aricha branch of BIWTA, but no one from the contracting company is ever present on the spot. Only authorized officers of BIWTA are signing logs and invoices in exchange for illegal money without any verification. Although an investigation committee has been formed 3 times in the past on these issues, no solution has been found. In collusion with the investigation officer, the concerned contracting company brought the ship before the investigation and left on the same day. Another complaint source says that Shahjahan was illegally appointed to BIWTA even though he did not have the qualifications. He even received multiple promotions illegally. Besides, Shahjahan's closest relative in his own area, contractor Md. Bahar, has created several anonymous organizations and is looting them by creating bills in the name of those organizations. Kalsi Boya has created a project in the name of Tania Enterprises and has embezzled crores of taka, which does not exist at present. However, these Kalsi Boya have a 10-year security. Boya imports beacon lights from abroad in the name of Bahar's company, which he created for the project. In the 2019-20 financial year, he looted government money by creating fake bills in the name of Bahar's company.

Fake bill of TP-135 in the name of Akh Enterprise is 7 lakh 72 thousand taka. Fake bill of MP-12 in the name of Tania Enterprise is 6 lakh 81 thousand taka. Fake bill of TP-80 in the name of Tanzil Dog Yard and Engineering Works is 7 lakh 13 thousand 3 hundred 52 taka and TP-173 is 9 lakh 36 thousand taka. Fake bill of repair of Speedboat-1 in the name of Tania Enterprise is 8 lakh 84 thousand 1 hundred taka. Fake bill of TP-45 in the name of Alif Enterprise is 4 lakh 98 thousand 1 hundred 51 taka. PC pole marks which are made of bamboo, these marks do not have to be accounted for, only by saying that the river soil and silt have broken down and disappeared into the river, Shahjahan embezzles several crores of taka in the budget every year. In this way, Shahjahan has looted hundreds of crores of taka from the government treasury. He owns several flats, land, shops and multi-storey buildings in his own name, in the name of his wife Lima Tabassum and in the name of his close relatives in various areas of Savar, Keraniganj and Dhaka, along with businesses. The estimated market value of which is over Tk 4 billion. When talking to crime analysts about the ACC not taking action despite multiple allegations of Shahjahan embezzling crores of taka and becoming the owner of an estimated Tk 2 billion, they said that it is mysterious that the ACC is not taking action. The ACC should take note of the matter and take action. If such criminals get away, corruption will be encouraged. When Shahjahan called the reporter on his mobile phone regarding various allegations, Shahjahan abused him as a petty and a fraudster. When the reporter contacted the ACC office to inquire about the multiple allegations, they told the reporter that they would give details in 2/3 days.