It is a chronic disease, it is contagious, and like any other dangerous disease, prevention is better than cure. Once this infection spreads its strong tentacles, it is often untreatable. It squeezes the life blood out of all morality, honesty, integrity or any such values and principles. It is a deadly disease, Benjis. Given the…
According to her BA (pass) certificate, Benazir got 517 marks out of 1,100, which is less than 50 per cent. But she mentioned in the application that she had scored 301 marks out of 500 in the degree or equivalent examination. The passing year in her degree (pass) certificate was 1982, but she mentioned the…
The Jugantor report said the expiry date of the renewed passport was October 13, 2015. Before the expiry, he had got his passport renewed as a private sector service holder. RAB Director General Benazir Ahmed renewed her passport once again in 2016 as a private sector service holder. However, the passport office objected to it…
A Dhaka court in its third order ordered the relevant authorities to confiscate eight more flats and 25 acres of land registered in the name of former police chief Benazir Ahmed, his wife and daughters. The court also ordered the confiscation of his shares in private company Citizen Television and apparel company Tiger Craft Apparels…
BNP leaders allege that activists of anti-government political parties faced gross human rights violations and political persecution during the tenure of former army and police chiefs. Many political activists were forcibly disappeared and many even became disabled due to torture. The US had imposed sanctions on former IGP Benazir when she was the Director General…
Raising allegations against former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed of usurping hundreds of bighas of land belonging to the Hindu community of Gopalganj, Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad general secretary Rana Das Gupta urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit the area. He said that people of that area are facing severe…
The US has official relations with the Awami League government. However, these relations have not reached the level of close friendship. On the contrary, these relations have been full of tension at times. On 10 December 2021, the US imposed sanctions on seven officers of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police, including Benazir Ahmed,…
According to the ACC, Benazir Ahmed constructed the Savannah Eco Resort and Natural Park on 621 bighas of land in Baragitol Upazila of Sadar Upazila while she was the director general of the Rapid Action Battalion from 2015 to 2020 and the Inspector General of Police from 2020 to 2022. Locals claim that people from…
Incidentally, the ACC has found that Benazir, her wife and children own 621 bighas of land in Gopalganj, Madaripur, Dhaka and other districts, four flats in Gulshan, 33 bank accounts, shares in 19 companies and three B.O. accounts, as well as savings certificates worth 30 lakh taka (30 lakh taka). Following an appeal by the…
Denial of responsibility does not automatically grant impunity
Speaking to Prothom Alo, PP Mahmud Hossain said the ACC has appealed to the court today, Thursday, to appoint administrators to look after the confiscated immovable properties of Benazir Ahmed and his wife and children. After hearing, the court accepted the appeal of ACC. The court also issued an order to provide information about the…
Later, when AL MP Tarana Haleem began speaking on the issue in Parliament, demanding disclosure of names of those laundering money abroad, building houses and those who appeared in the Panama Papers, the chief whip interrupted her and asked her to speak. Chief Whip Noor-e-Alam Choudhary said, “I am unable to understand what is the…
He said, “She (Benazir Ahmed) was the RAB director general during the election. She had publicly said, 'Vote for the government and the party that is developing and wants to develop, we are in favour of development.'” Speaking about Benazir Ahmed, Mirza Fakhrul said, “She perpetrated atrocities on the opposition party. She carried out illegal…
Ruling party general secretary Obaidul Quader said Benazir and Aziz will definitely be punished, but there is no guarantee that this will happen. The government's stand on them is not clear. It is not clear who will get immunity for past and present actions and who will pay the price for it. In these circumstances,…
According to the press release, the organisation demanded decisive legal action against those who aided such abuses and compensation for those who were forced to sell their land by the former police chief. Reports suggest that the former IGP used fear and hostage-taking tactics to sell land, mainly targeting minorities. He reportedly hired his own…