Publish: 11:15, 28 Aug, 2024

Dolan a partner of Sheikh Selim’s gold smuggling

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Dolan a partner of Sheikh Selim’s gold smuggling

Gold smuggler Enamul Haque Khan Dolan, proprietor of Diamond & Divas, is an alleged partner of Awami League Presidium member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim in his gold smuggling racket.

Another gold smuggler Dilip Kumar Agarwala siphoned off over Tk20,000 crore out of the country in the last five years using his company Diamond World, reveals an intelligence report. 

Agarwala, a member of the Industry and Commerce Subcommittee of the Awami League, has been accused in a murder case apart from illegal gold smuggling and money laundering.

He is one of the 161 accused in the case filed over the killing of a student in the Badda area of the capital during the recent quota reform movement.

Shahadat Hossain Khan filed the case at Badda Police Station where former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy were also made accused.

Agarwala is allegedly involved in the killing of MP Anwarul Azim Anar in Kolkata over the control of the gold smuggling route in the southwestern part of the country.

The controversial businessman is moving around freely even being accused of the murders.

Dolan is a partner of Sheikh Selim’s illegal business. He used to smuggle money and gold abroad on behalf of Sheikh Selim. They have smuggling syndicates in different countries, including the United Arab Emirates.

Controversial businessman Dilip Kumar Agarwala was cleared by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) despite having illegal assets in his name, sources said.

There are many complaints, including gold and diamond smuggling, against him. Former ACC chairman Iqbal Mahmood supported Agarwala’s illegal activities.

As per a High Court order, the ACC has already formed a committee to investigate the corruption allegations against over 400 people, including Dilip Kumar Agarwala.

ACC officials said the High Court has summoned the records of all the cases filed and disposed of in just five months after the retirement of former chairman Iqbal Mahmood. The documents of the cases are directed to be filed in the form of reports.

Agarwala has amassed wealth worth thousands of crores of taka in just two decades. He lived in a rented house in Dhaka in the early nineties. In a short span of time, he has become the owner of thousands of crores of taka.

His illegal assets are more than his legitimate income. ACC’s preliminary investigation revealed extensive information on gold and diamond smuggling and money laundering abroad.

Agarwala has also amassed wealth abroad. Seven flats were bought in his name in a holding in Gulshan of the capital. Also outside the country, he has Panna Diamond World on Park Street Road, Kolkata, 253 Rabindra Swarani, Barabazar on Vivekananda Road, Golden Mall in Dharmatala, Raghav Plaza on Dobson Road, Mirora by Diamond World at 29, Randolph Street, Australia.

On 10 October 2017, a three-member team, headed by ACC Deputy Director Mosharraf Hossain Mridha, started investigating Agarwala. The other two members of the team were Assistant Director Mohammad Khalilur Rahman Sikder and Deputy Assistant Director Mohammad Saiduz Zaman.

Agarwala was given two notices over interrogation and submission of a wealth statement.

A member of the investigation team said evidence of money laundering and gold and diamond smuggling was found against Agarwala. After verifying these facts and taking appropriate evidence, he was summoned for interrogation on 28 October 2017, Daily Sun reports.

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