BIWTA Director Shahjahan's wealth mountain:DUDOk's Strong steps are needed:

BIWTA Director Shahjahan's wealth mountain:DUDOk's Strong steps are needed:

National Desk :    |    ০৬:০৭ পিএম, ২০২৫-০৯-২৪

News desk:The former director of the Navy Conservation and Management Department, known as the top corrupt person of BIWTA and the mastermind of fake fraud and forgery, known as a friend of the former Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan and State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury Mahmud Chowdhury of the fallen Awami League government, is still in power in BIWTA. This corrupt director is still in service and is using various methods to create an unstable situation at all levels of BIWTA by colluding with some dishonest officials. During the tenure of the fallen government, Md. Shahjahan used various powers to embezzle a huge amount of government money in the name of oil expenditure through fake bill vouchers and fake bill vouchers and established absolute dominance. Despite the numerous allegations of corruption filed against many of these corrupt officials in the ACC and the BIWTA Chairman's office, no necessary action is taken due to unseen reasons. Several officials of the Naval Conservation and Management Department said on condition of anonymity that the ACC is investigating the allegations of embezzling a huge amount of government money in the name of fuel expenses through fake bill vouchers for operating rescue ships in accidents for years against the own syndicate of the Director of the Naval Conservation and Management Department, Md. Shahjahan.

During the investigation, the ACC found a huge discrepancy in the documents against the Narayanganj Naval Conservation and Management Department authorities. According to sources in the Narayanganj office of BIWTA Naval Conservation and Management Authority, Narayanganj, there were two rescue ships named Pratyay and Nirbik in Narayanganj. However, Nirbik is now operated from Barisal, and the rescue ship Pratyay is operated from Narayanganj. The rescue ship, which has a lifting capacity of 250 tons, is anchored in the Shitalakshya River at Ghat No. 5 in the city, near the Narayanganj office of BIWTA Naval Conservation and Management Authority. A huge amount of money was embezzled under the leadership of Director Shahjahan by creating fake fuel bill vouchers for this ship. According to sources from the BIWTA's Naval Conservation and Management Department, the buoy beacon lights that the project creates are imported from abroad, but Director Shahjahan has looted a huge amount of government money by creating fake bills in the name of his own contracting syndicate Bahar's company in the 2019-20 fiscal year. In addition, Director Shahjahan has looted crores of taka from the government by creating contracting companies under different names in joint ownership with Bahar, the owner of his own contracting syndicate, and using fake bill vouchers, and these few contracting companies get all the work of this department. He has looted 7 lakh 72 thousand taka in the name of the Akh Enterprise contracting company, TP-135, by making fake bills, and 6 lakh 81 thousand taka in the name of Tania Enterprise by making fake bills of MP 12. They have embezzled Tk 7 lakh 13 thousand 352 for a fake bill for TP 80 in the name of Tanzil Dock Yard and Engineering Works, Tk 9 lakh 36 thousand for a fake bill for TP 173 in the name of Tanzil Dock Yard and Engineering Works, Tk 8,84100 for a fake bill for repair of Speed ​​Boat-1 in the name of Tania Enterprise/Tak 4 lakh 98 thousand 151 for a fake bill for TP 45 in the name of Alif Enterprise.

In this way, he has amassed a huge wealth by embezzling crores of taka through various irregularities and frauds. He has purchased two state-of-the-art flats in a house called Alif Garden at house no. 58/30/C, North Mugda, Dhaka, for about three crore taka. He has purchased two luxurious flats at house no. 54, Jhilpar Road, North Mugda, for about two crore taka. He has built a dock yard in the area under Keraniganj police station on the west bank of the river at Fatullah Launch Ghat in joint ownership with contractor Bahar at a cost of about one hundred crore taka. He has constructed a 5-storey joint building on a 10 katha plot at R. S. Dag No. 1833, Islamnagar, Pathalia Union, Ashulia, Dhaka at a cost of about 20 crore taka in the name of Md. Shahjahan and Lima Tabassum. He has purchased two shops on the two floors of the blind market in Savar Bazar, Dhaka. He has constructed another seven-storey building with four units in Savar Kathgara, whose market value is approximately 20 crore taka. He has purchased 6 percent of the land in Mohammadpur Housing for about 7 crore taka. He has also built several flats and houses in Rampura and Hatirpul areas of Dhaka, according to reliable sources. Apart from this, he has purchased several plots in Dhaka and Savar anonymously in the name of Director Shahjahan and deposited crores of taka in various banks. Talking to a close relative of Director Shahjahan, he said that Shahjahan has bought a Hindu house in his village, i.e. near Dagan Bhuiyan upazila, by showing his power, whose current estimated market value is about 10 crore taka. Although Md. Shahjahan's cell phone was called several times to talk about these matters, he did not receive the call.