From Elenga on Tangail Bangabandhu Setu Highway to Jokarchar for a long time, there has been information from local sources that the business of smuggled goods is being carried out through various types of transport. This smuggling ring is very influential and has been running this smuggling business for a long time.
According to sources, this syndicate has chosen Elenga, Charbhabala, Analiabari, Salla, Jokarchar at various points on the Dhaka-Tangail Bangabandhusetu North Bengal highway as a safe point for loading-unloading and buying-selling stolen goods brought by trucks, buses, lorries. These stolen goods are loaded and unloaded and bought and sold at those points every day from evening till dawn. The cycle has been running the business by renting several houses in Ibrahimabad railway station area east of Charbhabala, Jokarchar and Bangabandhusetu and using them as godowns to store goods. There have been serious allegations that they are carrying on the business of rods, steel sheets, kerosene, wheat, corn, ginger-garlic, cumin, cardamom, long, spice products, Indian sarees and even various drug products from different parts of the country in different trucks, buses, truck-lorries. Against this cycle.
According to multiple sources who do not wish to be named, Shahidul Islam Shanto, a government employee of Charbhabala area of ​​Elenga Municipality, Jokarchar village. Ramzan Ali and Shantar’s elder brother. Shariful formed a powerful syndicate with 8-9 influential people of Charbhabla including Islam Sharif. Behind the syndicate is a local leader involved in the politics of an influential government party. Under the umbrella of that political leader, this gang has become the owner of immense wealth by trading in stolen goods for a long time.
According to sources, their ten to twelve workers at each point load-unload, transfer and store contraband arriving in various transports throughout the night. By communicating with the drivers, supervisors and helpers of various transports on mobile, they unload the goods and pay the price at the designated point.
Sources also said that as the gang is influential, the locals do not dare to open their mouths against them. Sources also said that there was no remedy even after informing the law enforcement agencies secretly at various times. Even though several local and national newspapers published news about the smuggling business, nothing happened to the syndicate. Bloody clashes have also taken place in the past over the supremacy of the smuggling trade and the vagrants.
It has been found that the master of that syndicate, the active leader of the ruling political party, Shahidul Islam Shanto, is working as an assistant officer of Kalihati Upazila Health-Complex. Being the patron of a prominent leader of the Upazila Awami League, he works for two days a month. Several employees, who did not want to be named, said that he received the full month’s salary by signing the attendance register without going to the workplace. Apart from the activities of the government office, he can be seen in various programs of Awami League. Which is visible on social media Facebook.
Regarding the complaint, when Shahidul Islam Shantar was asked over the phone, he said that he was not involved in the sale of stolen goods. When asked about not working, he hung up.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Bangabandhusetu East Police Station. Alamgir Ashraf said that he is new to this police station so he has no idea about these thieves.
According to multiple sources who do not wish to be named, Shahidul Islam Shanto, a government employee of Charbhabala area of ​​Elenga Municipality, Jokarchar village. Ramzan Ali and Shantar’s elder brother. Shariful formed a powerful syndicate with 8-9 influential people of Charbhabla including Islam Sharif. Behind the syndicate is a local leader involved in the politics of an influential government party. Under the umbrella of that political leader, this gang has become the owner of immense wealth by trading in stolen goods for a long time.
According to sources, their ten to twelve workers at each point load-unload, transfer and store contraband arriving in various transports throughout the night. By communicating with the drivers, supervisors and helpers of various transports on mobile, they unload the goods and pay the price at the designated point.
Sources also said that as the gang is influential, the locals do not dare to open their mouths against them. Sources also said that there was no remedy even after informing the law enforcement agencies secretly at various times. Even though several local and national newspapers published news about the smuggling business, nothing happened to the syndicate. Bloody clashes have also taken place in the past over the supremacy of the smuggling trade and the vagrants.
It has been found that the master of that syndicate, the active leader of the ruling political party, Shahidul Islam Shanto, is working as an assistant officer of Kalihati Upazila Health-Complex. Being the patron of a prominent leader of the Upazila Awami League, he works for two days a month. Several employees, who did not want to be named, said that he received the full month’s salary by signing the attendance register without going to the workplace. Apart from the activities of the government office, he can be seen in various programs of Awami League. Which is visible on social media Facebook.
Regarding the complaint, when Shahidul Islam Shantar was asked over the phone, he said that he was not involved in the sale of stolen goods. When asked about not working, he hung up.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Bangabandhusetu East Police Station. Alamgir Ashraf said that he is new to this police station so he has no idea about these thieves.
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