Ex army officer smuggles millions of dollar abroad

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Ex army officer smuggles millions of dollar abroad

Ex army officer smuggles millions of dollar abroad :: Weekly Blitz

by News Desk
March 6, 2012

Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan and his wife Farjana Anjum, who smuggled out millions of dollars abroad from Bangladesh

Taking the advantage of being a retired army official, who openly claims to be "connected" with influential quarters in the government, Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan smuggled out millions of dollars from Bangladesh to various countries including United Kingdom. In 2009 he invested one million Pounds in United Kingdom in exchange of obtaining immigrant status under visa Tier 1, vide VAF No. 511702. The investment was made by using the name of his wife Farzana Anjum, who now resides in United Kingdom along with other members of the family.

When inquired, sources in the foreign exchange control department of the Bangladesh Bank [central bank of Bangladesh] told Weekly Blitz that Colonel [Retired Shahid Uddin Ahmed] or his wife Farjana Anjum did not take any permission from them for the above mentioned "transfer" of UK Pound 1 million. It said such illegal transfer of significant amount of money is a punishable offense under the Money Laundering Act.

The source said, "The British government should have checked the legality of such huge transfer before granting the immigrant status to this Bangladeshi national".

"They always express concern about suspicious transactions through banking channels in most of the nations, while they welcome un-declared fund in their own country, which certainly is a double standard", it said.

Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan came into focus of media when he started grabbing properties and business establishments of people when military controlled dictatorial interim regime grabbed power in Bangladesh in 2007. But his name came up prominently when they occupied a Malaysian invested power plant named Westmont Power Plant Limited in the country. His wife, Farjana Anjum became a member of the board of director's of this project. It is learnt that Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan claims to be a close associate and business partner of Major General [Retired] Tarique Ahmed Siddique, defense advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. It is also learnt that he misuses members of the Rapid Action Battalion and military intelligence in harassing people whenever there is any business conflict with him. Some of the fellow officers in Rapid Action Battalion and DGFI are regularly misguided and used by Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan, which certainly tarnishes the reputation of those institutions.

Recently a complaint has already been lodged with the Prime Minister by one Syed Arif Niazi aka Francis Arif stating that on February 28, 2012, Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan and his partners sent Major Mushtaq and Captain Faroque at the residence of the petitioner during late hours of the night [11:00 pm], and the officers conducted raids at his residence without any search warrant. During this raid, the petitioner was abroad along with members of his family, while his elderly mother was at home.

In the complaint, Syed Arif Niazi wrote: "The RAB entered the apartment twice and tormented and traumatized my mother, who is in her late eighties, immobile and sick and my sister, who is in her late forties and seriously sick. It is matter of shame that RAB knowing, that only two elderly and sick ladies and a maid, resides in the flat, had the discourteous liberty of tormentedly searching the flat twice in a matter of 30 minutes, that also in the middle of the night, without showing or serving any search warrant, whatsoever. They claimed to be looking for me and searched the house twice despite being convincingly told, that l, my wife and mf children are in Philippines attending the funeral of my wife's mother."

It is anticipated that Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan [who now is also in United Kingdom], might have made requested his fellow officers in Rapid Action Battalion [RAB] in arresting Arif Niazi by planting narcotics or arms at his residence. It may also be mentioned here that, RAB is infamous of committing such crimes on a number of occasions in the past.

On the basis of petition filed by Arif Niazi, authorities concerned in Bangladesh Army have already started investigating the case and it is expected that departmental actions will be taken against the officers who entered the residence of Arif Niazi without any valid reason.
Meanwhile Anti Corruption Commission [ACC] has already started investigating activities of Prochhaya Limited [the business concern of Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan, in which he is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, while his wife Farjana Anjum is the managing director. The will also investigate as to how one million UK Pounds were smuggled out by Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan and his wife in United Kingdom.

 

[CaPtAiN_pLaNeT]

Ex Colonel and Wife of DA of Bangladeshi PM

Ex Colonel and Wife of DA of Bangladeshi PM :: Weekly Blitz

by Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
March 9, 2012

BLITZ EDITOR GETS THREAT CALL :

FOLLOWING PUBLICATION OF THE FOLLOWING REPORT, SOMEONE INTRODUCING HIMSELF AS 'SHAFIQ' CALLED AT THE CELL PHONE NUMBER OF BLITZ EDITOR AT 2:46 PM FROM 011-91788-408. LATER THE PERSON WAS CALLED BACK AT 3;21 PM AND HE STARTED THREATENING THE BLITZ EDITOR ON BEHALF OF COLONEL [RETIRED] SHAHID UDDIN KHAN FOR PUBLISHING THE REPORT. HERE IS THE DETAILS:

THE CALLER: "YOU HAVE PUBLISHED A REPORT ON A COLONEL. DO YOU HAVE ALL EVIDENCES?"

EDITOR: YES!

THE CALLER: "THEN GO AND PRODUCE THOSE EVIDENCES IN THE COURT".

EDITOR: I AM NOT A LAWYER. IT IS NOT MY JOB TO PRODUCE ANYTHING IN THE COURT. AS A JOURNALIST, IT IS MY JOB TO PUBLISH THE TRUTH BASED ON FACTS.

THE CALLER: "COLONEL SHAHID IS AN HONEST MAN WHO DID NOT PAY ANY DAMN TO THE 4-PARTY ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT AND HE LOST HIS JOB. LATER HE GOT HIS JOB BACK FROM THE COURT".

EDITOR: WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS JOB ISSUE, WHAT WE WROTE HERE IS A PLAIN CASE OF MONEY LAUNDERING BY HIM.

THE CALLER: "HIS WIFE [FARJANA ANJUM] MADE SMALL INVESTMENT IN UK AND IMPORTING READYMADE GARMENTS FROM HER BROTHER'S FACTORY".

EDITOR: SHE IS A BANGLADESHI CITIZEN. DID SHE TAKE PERMISSION FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR SUCH INVESTMENT? AND THE READYMADE GARMENTS IS OWNED BY HER. IT'S NAME IS SUJON APPARELS LIMITED.

THE CALLER: "DO YOU KNOW, WHO COLONEL SHAHID IS? I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WILL NOW DO WITH YOU" [IN THREATENING VOICE].

EDITOR: ARE YOU THREATENING ME? I DONT NEED TO KNOW WHO HE IS. I JUST PUBLISHED THE TRUTH.

Shaheen Siddiqui is the wife of Major General [Retired] Tarique Siddique, defense advisor to the Bangladeshi Prime Minister and brother-in-law of Prime Minister's younger sister, Sheikh Rehana. She has aligned with retired Colonel Md. Shahid Uddin Khan and jointly formed a business enterprise named Prochhaya Limited, which was established and registered in Bangladesh in 2009, three months after Bangladesh Awami League formed government.

The Registration Number and Memorandum and Articles of Association of Prochhaya Limited were issued through the Certificate of Incorporation by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on 25 March 2009 through its Issue Number 27052-58. The Registration Number of Prochhaya Limited is C-75659/09. Trade License of Prochhaya Limited was issued by Dhaka City Corporation, Dhaka on 09 April 2009 through its Issue Number 1243. The Trade License Number of the company is 0434843.

Background of Colonel [Retired] Md. Shahid Uddin Khan [Army No: BA002428, Course: 8-BMA, Commission Date: 10-06-1983] in brief is, this man was living a mid-low level life following his forced retirement from Bangladesh Army. But when military controlled interim regime seized power from the constitutional government, he established contact with some of the senior army officials including General Moeen U Ahmed and managed to sell a so-called cold storage named Bandishahi Cold Storage Limited in Comilla to controversial and fraudulent multilevel marketing company named Destiny 2000 Limited in August 2008. Bandishahi Cold Storage Limited though never went into operation it was dubious enough noting that this so-called cold storage was sold to Destiny 2000 Limited in a very exorbitant price. On receiving such "substantial amount" of money from Destiny 2000 Limited, Colonel [Retired] Md. Shahid Uddin Khan subsequently established business enterprises with the wife of Major General [Retired] Tarique Siddique, defense advisor to the Bangladeshi Prime Minister and smuggled out huge amount of fund to United Kingdom, where he has established a multi-million dollar business enterprise named Zumana Investments and Properties Limited [Unit-29, Bow Triangle Business Centre, Eleanor Street, E3 4UR, London, UK]. With such investment, Colonel [Retired] Md. Shahid Uddin Khan obtained immigrant status in United Kingdom under "Visa Tier 1 [Investor] Migrant, VAF No: 511702" in the month of November 2009, along with his wife Farjana Anjum and daughters Shehtaz Munasi Khan and Parisa Pinaz Khan. They are now investing millions of dollars in United Kingdom in real estate sector.

When contacted, foreign exchange control department of Bangladesh Bank said, any citizen of the country needs to obtain prior permission from them before remitting any foreign currency to abroad for any purpose. It said, Colonel [Retired] Md. Shahid Uddin Khan or his business associates did not take any permission before they evidently sent huge amount of money to United Kingdom. The Bangladesh Bank authorities said, under the existing Money Laundering Act, such activities are considered as serious offense bearing life-term imprisonment. When asked if any action will be taken against Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan and his associates for such illegal activities, the Bangladesh Bank sources said, "if the ex Colonel's partner is the wife of the defense advisor of the Prime Minister, it will not be easy for us in even investigating the matter."

It may also be mentioned here that, after Bangladesh Awami League came in power in 2009, Colonel [Retired] Md. Shahid Uddin Khan and his business associates illegally grabbed a Malaysian invested private power plant named Westmont Power Plant Limited. After occupying this foreign invested private power plant, Colonel [Retired] Md. Shahid Uddin Khan and his business associates is now visiting various countries introducing themselves as "investors" in power sector. On May 22, 2011, Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan visited Glasgow and had meeting with the top management of Cadogans - a US-UK joint venture engineering company and later a draft agreement was signed for establishment of several rental-based power stations in Bangladesh. During such meetings, Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan not only introduced himself as an investor, but also as the "close associate and business partner" of the younger sister of Bangladeshi Prime Minister.

In September 2010, Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan and his associates established a readymade garment factory in Dhaka, under the name and title of Sujan Apparels Limited. Trade License of Sujan Apparels Limited was issued by Dhaka City Corporation, Dhaka on 20 September 2010 through its Issue Number 87. The Trade License Number of Sujan Apparels Limited is 0325500. The Tax Identification Number [TIN] of Sujan Apparels Limited is 036-201-7889/CO-5, which was issued by Tax Zone-2, Dhaka and Companies Circle-5 on 22 September 2010. Large sum of money was already invested in this business venture of the retired army officer.

Colonel [Retired] Md. Shahid Uddin Khan uses various covers to hide his illegal activities as well as to remain "trusted" to the ruling party and influential people in power. He participates in various programs of Sector Commander's Forum and gives lectures [video]. He also is associated with Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee. See video. It is learnt that, Colonel Shahid collects "donation" from various individuals and business enterprises for this organization. It is also learnt that, currently Colonel Shahid Uddin Khan is in closer ties with fraudulent MLM Company named Destiny 2000 Limited and its kingpins such as former army chief General Harun Ur Rashid and managing director of this scam enterprise Mohammad Rafiqul Amin.

It is interesting to note that Colonel [Retired] Md. Shahid Uddin Khan turned into a multi-millionaire just within the span of two years practically simply by using the influence of being the partner of Shaheen Siddiqui is the wife of Major General [Retired] Tarique Siddique, defense advisor to the Bangladeshi Prime Minister and brother-in-law of Prime Minister's younger sister, Sheikh Rehana. He also continues to use Rapid Action Battalion [RAB], Directorate General of Forces Intelligence [DGFI], National Security Intelligence [NSI] and other law enforcing agencies in Bangladesh in order to frighten his business and interest rivals

 

[TopCat]

Hehereheh... Somebody got very personal... LOL

Other than some UK investment scheme for gettting residency I dont see any issue here. A lot of people show paper investment to get residency. Its no secret.

 

[Mehnab Khan]

I am sure, Anti Corruption Commission will be stopped from investigating this case soon, as Col. Shahid Uddin Khan is the business assocaited of Sheikh Rehana and her brother-in-law Maj. Gen. Tarique Siddique.

---------- Post added at 02:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:30 PM ----------

Personal? Not at all! This is a clean case of money laundering and high profile corruption.

 

[Mehnab Khan]

I also read another report in Weekly Blitz titled "Sector Commander's Forum lobbies for frauds".

In this report, Blitz said:

Lieutenant General Harun Ur Rashid, the ex chief of Bangladesh Army is a big name in the political circle in the country for his role as the convener of Sector Commander's Forum [SCF], which is battling for trying selected number of war criminals in Bangladesh. The organization was formed under the patronization of the military controlled dictatorial interim regime in 2007, when few military officers snatched power from President Iazuddin Ahmed and planted its own people into country's administration. According to political analysts, the happenings of January 11, 2007 was nothing but a blood-less military coup, which was led by extremely greedy army chief General Moeen U Ahmed, who was dreaming of sabotaging country's democratic institutions. At that time, Gen. Moeen picked up few of the retired army officers and provided silent patronization to them in establishing various types of organizations as well as political parties, which were all goaled at ultimately removing country's mainstream political parties and organizations.

Demand for trying the war criminals were actually pioneered in Bangladesh many years back under the courageous leadership of Jahanara Imam and eminent writer Shahriar Kabir, under the banner of an organization named 'Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee' [GDNC]. General Moeen U Ahmed stole this concept visibly from GDNC and funded formation of Sector Commander's Forum with General Harun Ur Rashid as its convener, though Gen. Harun was never a sector commander during the war of liberation of Bangladesh. Gen. Moeen wanted to snatch the important agenda of GDNC and place it actually with some ex army officers under the banner of SCF. None of the veteran civilian freedom fighters and sector commanders of the war of liberation are put into important positions in SCF, which certainly show that the key reason behind formation of this new front by the army junta was actually to pull down the GDNC, which is led by large number of freedom fighters, most of whom belong to secularist groups. Since formation of the SCF, the organization enjoyed fullest patronization and support of the military controlled dictatorial regime and in months it came at the forefront of many organizations, which were already demanding trial of the war criminals and the collaborators.

Much ahead of General Harun being made the convener of the Sector Commander's Forum, he was already associated with a fraudulent multilevel marketing company in Bangladesh, where not only he holds the top-most position, but also is one of the share-holders of the most notorious and fraudulent enterprise of the fraud conglomerate, which collected at least 50 thousand crore Taka from innocent people by selling fictitious trees in their so-called plantation project. Though Gen. Harun is fully aware of the fraudulent nature of this project, he enthusiastically joined hands with the fraudulent MLM Company, Destiny 2000 Limited, Destiny Tree Plantation Limited and other fake enterprises of the largest MLM Company in Bangladesh. People concerned feel that by joining hands with such fraudulent enterprise, Gen. Harun certainly has lost his credibility of being an honest individual.

The mastermind of Destiny 2000 Limited, Destiny Tree Plantation Limited and other fake enterprises of the largest MLM Company, Mohammad Rafiqul Amin wanted to place someone with sound professional background in the post of the chairman of this fraud conglomerate, thinking such recruitment would make "positive image" of such enterprises in the eyes of the public, which was very important for him in cheating people with his own-styled fictitious and fraudulent projects. Mohammad Rafiqul Amin's idea was not wrong! He has been able of turning Destiny 2000 Limited, Destiny Tree Plantation Limited and other fake enterprises of the largest MLM Company, from a small enterprise into a huge MLM Company just within the span of 5 odd years thus cheating at least 4 million small investors. Economic experts believe the "Destiny Scam" will become the biggest headache for the government in near future, as it is easily anticipated that promoters of this fraudulent company will flee the country any time. It is learnt from numerous sources that major segment of the fund of Destiny 2000 Limited, Destiny Tree Plantation Limited and other fake enterprises of the largest MLM Company has already bee trafficked illegally to a number of countries. Mastermind of Destiny 2000 Limited, Mohammad Rafiqul Amin and members of his family are citizens of Canada while most of the members of the board of directors of this fraudulent company have already obtaining immigrant status or citizenship in a number of nations.

Meanwhile when Bangladesh Bank, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Social Welfare and Anti Corruption Commission are investigating series of irregularities of Destiny 2000 Limited, Destiny Tree Plantation Limited and other fake enterprises of the largest MLM Company, the chairman of this fraudulent enterprise, Gen. Harun Ur Rashid is trying to use the Sector Commander's Forum as the lobbyist of this fictitious MLM company with the goal of salvaging Mohammad Rafiqul Amin and his gang from falling into public wrath. He has paid huge amount of donation to a number of organizations in Bangladesh including Muktijuddho Jadughar, Autistic Foundation etc. The ex chief of Bangladesh Army has also sent one of their representatives to London, few weeks back, to handover a significant amount of fund to an important figure there.

Seeking anonymity, a retired General of Bangladesh Army told Weekly Blitz that, by associating with a fraudulent MLM company for mere financial benefit, Gen. Harun has visibly put the excellent image of Bangladesh Armed Forces into stake. He is continuing to influence junior officers in army, Rapid Action Battalion as well as intelligence agencies with the ulterior motive of stopping any investigation or legal actions against Destiny 2000 Limited, Destiny Tree Plantation Limited and other fake enterprises of the largest MLM Company.

"An abettor of crime is also a criminal. In this case Gen. Harun surely is now actively involved into criminal and fraudulent activities of Mohammad Rafiqul Amin and his Destiny 2000 Limited, Destiny Tree Plantation Limited and other fake enterprises of the largest MLM Company. Army administration as well as intelligence agencies within need to take immediate measures to make sure that this ex chief of army is stopped from influencing his junior officers or brother officers in Bangladesh Army", it said.

 

[scholseys]

as i said earlier this guy used to work as the head of security at a spinning mill earing 40,000 tk, after bal government came to power last i saw him was in august driving a black brand new prado that even did not have a number plate. I could give more information, but it is not safe to do so.

 

[Mehnab Khan]

Ex army officer smuggles millions of dollar abroad

Ex army officer smuggles millions of dollar abroad :: Weekly Blitz

by News Desk
March 6, 2012

Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan and his wife Farjana Anjum, who smuggled out millions of dollars abroad from Bangladesh

Taking the advantage of being a retired army official, who openly claims to be "connected" with influential quarters in the government, Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan smuggled out millions of dollars from Bangladesh to various countries including United Kingdom. In 2009 he invested one million Pounds in United Kingdom in exchange of obtaining immigrant status under visa Tier 1, vide VAF No. 511702. The investment was made by using the name of his wife Farzana Anjum, who now resides in United Kingdom along with other members of the family.

When inquired, sources in the foreign exchange control department of the Bangladesh Bank [central bank of Bangladesh] told Weekly Blitz that Colonel [Retired Shahid Uddin Ahmed] or his wife Farjana Anjum did not take any permission from them for the above mentioned "transfer" of UK Pound 1 million. It said such illegal transfer of significant amount of money is a punishable offense under the Money Laundering Act.

The source said, "The British government should have checked the legality of such huge transfer before granting the immigrant status to this Bangladeshi national".

"They always express concern about suspicious transactions through banking channels in most of the nations, while they welcome un-declared fund in their own country, which certainly is a double standard", it said.

Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan came into focus of media when he started grabbing properties and business establishments of people when military controlled dictatorial interim regime grabbed power in Bangladesh in 2007. But his name came up prominently when they occupied a Malaysian invested power plant named Westmont Power Plant Limited in the country. His wife, Farjana Anjum became a member of the board of director's of this project. It is learnt that Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan claims to be a close associate and business partner of Major General [Retired] Tarique Ahmed Siddique, defense advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. It is also learnt that he misuses members of the Rapid Action Battalion and military intelligence in harassing people whenever there is any business conflict with him. Some of the fellow officers in Rapid Action Battalion and DGFI are regularly misguided and used by Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan, which certainly tarnishes the reputation of those institutions.

Recently a complaint has already been lodged with the Prime Minister by one Syed Arif Niazi aka Francis Arif stating that on February 28, 2012, Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan and his partners sent Major Mushtaq and Captain Faroque at the residence of the petitioner during late hours of the night [11:00 pm], and the officers conducted raids at his residence without any search warrant. During this raid, the petitioner was abroad along with members of his family, while his elderly mother was at home.

In the complaint, Syed Arif Niazi wrote: "The RAB entered the apartment twice and tormented and traumatized my mother, who is in her late eighties, immobile and sick and my sister, who is in her late forties and seriously sick. It is matter of shame that RAB knowing, that only two elderly and sick ladies and a maid, resides in the flat, had the discourteous liberty of tormentedly searching the flat twice in a matter of 30 minutes, that also in the middle of the night, without showing or serving any search warrant, whatsoever. They claimed to be looking for me and searched the house twice despite being convincingly told, that l, my wife and mf children are in Philippines attending the funeral of my wife's mother."

It is anticipated that Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan [who now is also in United Kingdom], might have made requested his fellow officers in Rapid Action Battalion [RAB] in arresting Arif Niazi by planting narcotics or arms at his residence. It may also be mentioned here that, RAB is infamous of committing such crimes on a number of occasions in the past.

On the basis of petition filed by Arif Niazi, authorities concerned in Bangladesh Army have already started investigating the case and it is expected that departmental actions will be taken against the officers who entered the residence of Arif Niazi without any valid reason.
Meanwhile Anti Corruption Commission [ACC] has already started investigating activities of Prochhaya Limited [the business concern of Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan, in which he is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, while his wife Farjana Anjum is the managing director. The will also investigate as to how one million UK Pounds were smuggled out by Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan and his wife in United Kingdom.

WHO WILL BELL THE CAT? THIS RETIRED COLONEL SEEMS TO BE ENJOYING BLESSINGS FROM MAJ. GEN. TAREQUE SIDDIQUE, WHO IS THE BROTHER-IN-LAW OF SHEIKH REHANA.

 

[Mehnab Khan]

THIS RETIRED COLONEL SHAHID UDDIN KHAN ENJOYS BLESSINGS FROM MAJ. GEN. TAREQUE SIDDIQUE, WHO IS THE BROTHERIN-LAW OF SHEIKH REHANA. SUCH PEOPLE ARE DAMAGING THE IMAGE OF BANGLADESH ARMY!

 

[scholseys]

His daughters are ugly as hell.

 

[Mehnab Khan]

Hehereheh... Somebody got very personal... LOL

Other than some UK investment scheme for gettting residency I dont see any issue here. A lot of people show paper investment to get residency. Its no secret.

Minuted back, I saw another report in Weekly Blitz about Colonel (Retired) Shahid Uddin Khan:


Title: Unknown intruders at Blitz office
By: News Desk

Following publication of serialized investigative report on criminal activities and money laundering of retired Colonel Md. Shahid Uddin Khan and his gang, which comprises wife and daughter of the defense advisor of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister as well as mastermind of fraudulent Multi Level Marketing Company named Destiny 2000 Limited, Destiny Tree Plantation Limited and other fraudulent enterprises of this MLM racket, four unknown intruders, aged between 35-40 came at the office of Weekly Blitz at the city center and looked for the editor of the newspaper. According to office staffs, the four intruders entered the office in an angry mood while one of them [in dark complexion and short hair] asked the staffs as to whether the editor was available in the office. They were looking for the print edition of the newspaper, where report about money laundering of Colonel [Retired] Md. Shahid Uddin Khan [Army No: BA002428, Course: 8-BMA, Commission Date: 10-06-1983], is being continued to publish. When the staffs informed the intruders that the print copy would be available on Wednesday, one of them shouted saying “Ask you editor to stop writing against Shahid sir”.

At one stage, after staying in the office for 2-3 minutes, the intruders left the place. Later the office staffs saw from the window that they came in a Toyota Prado jeep. It was later learnt that before Bangladesh Awami League formed government in 2009, Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan was working with a local textile spinning mills at Tk. 40 thousand monthly salary, while months after Bangladesh Awami League formed the government, he purchased a brand new Toyota Prado jeep. It is also learnt that this ex army officer continues to use names of various army officials claiming themselves to be his “friend”, “batch mate” and “junior”, while he also meets some of the army officers at Captain’s and Anondo restaurants near Dhaka cantonment, mostly during late hours of the day. It may be mentioned here that, this extremely ambitious and hugely corrupt ex army man maintains closer connections with several diplomatic missions in Bangladesh. Colonel [Retired] Md. Shahid Uddin Khan also regularly visits various government offices either for lobbying in favor of fraudulent MLM Company named Destiny 2000 Limited and its sister concerns, or for lobbing in favor of various individuals and business enterprises. He is also accused of misusing members of Rapid Action Battalion [RAB] in meeting his ulterior desires and motives.

Colonel [Retired] Md. Shahid Uddin Khan [Army No: BA002428, Course: 8-BMA, Commission Date: 10-06-1983] lost his job on corruption allegations, when he was on deputation with Bangladesh Riffles. It may be mentioned here that Colonel [Retired] Md. Shahid Uddin Khan, who has turned into a multi-millionaire simply within the span of two odd years by openly using named of various influential people in the government as well as civil and military administration. He has smuggled out millions of dollars to United Kingdom and other countries and has established huge business establishments in United Kingdom with such black money. Colonel [Retired] Shahid has established a multi-million dollar business enterprise named Zumana Investments and Properties Limited [Unit-29, Bow Triangle Business Centre, Eleanor Street, E3 4UR, London, UK]. With such investment, Colonel [Retired] Md. Shahid Uddin Khan obtained immigrant status in United Kingdom under "Visa Tier 1 [Investor] Migrant, VAF No: 511702" in the month of November 2009, along with his wife Farjana Anjum and daughters Shehtaz Munasi Khan and Parisa Pinaz Khan. The Registration Number and Memorandum and Articles of Association of Prochhaya Limited were issued through the Certificate of Incorporation by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on 25 March 2009 through its Issue Number 27052-58. The Registration Number of Prochhaya Limited is C-75659/09. Trade License of Prochhaya Limited was issued by Dhaka City Corporation, Dhaka on 09 April 2009 through its Issue Number 1243. The Trade License Number of the company is 0434843.

Under the British immigration rules, [Visa Tier 1 - Investor Migrant, VAF No: 511702], anyone investing GBP 1 million in cash or property worth GBP 2 million gets immigrant status in United Kingdom, whereas the government or the immigration authorities refrain from asking about the source of money as well as checking if the money belongs to illegal trade or even corruption. Taking such excellent opportunity, corrupts and under-world mafias from around the world are flocking into United Kingdom with the required amount of cash, thus ultimately obtaining immigrant status. According to information, several Jihadists as well as anti-West elements are also entering Great Britain under the Visa Tier 1 - Investor Migrant facilities. While Great Britain, for some years, unfortunately has already turned into the epicentre of Jihadist and anti-West activities, especially where internationally banned Islamist group named Hizbut Tahrir are allowed in continuing activities openly in United Kingdom, it has been a key headache for many of the counter-terrorism and anti-Jihad establishments and individuals around the world of worrying if within the span of next 10-15 years, United Kingdom's economy as well as politics would ultimately go into the grips of the Jihadists and Islamists, while it is already an established fact that financial institutions in UK are already gone into the command of such Jihadist and Islamist forces.

Foreign Exchange Control Department of Bangladesh Bank as well as Anti Corruption Commission along with some of the intelligence agencies in Bangladesh have already started investigating the case of Colonel [Retired] Md. Shahid Uddin Khan and his illegal activities, including smuggling of millions of dollars to United Kingdom.

Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Khan is displaying various photographs of him with senior military officials as well as RAB officers, who were invited at his office for receiving the crest of Prochhaya Limited [a company where wife and daughter of the Prime Minister's Defense Advisor are directors]. The shrewd ex-army officer also puts the wedding ceremony photographs of Noorin Tasmia, daughter of Maj. Gen [Retired] Tarique Siddique, in the website of Prochhaya Limited as well as other business company websites. It is easily understood that the ex Colonel has intentionally put these pictures of the wedding ceremony of Noorin Tasmia [which is not related to the business activities of the company] as well as some senior army and RAB officials receiving crest from Prochhaya Limited, with the ulterior motive of letting people know him [Shahid] as a 'powerful' individual. Thos senior army officials and officers of RAB possibly did not know that Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Ahmed would use the pictures in his company's website for ulterior motive. It is also questioned by many as to why the senior army officers visited the office of this ex army Colonel for receiving the crest, while allowed the photo session. Such display of pictures are surely damaging the good image of Bangladesh Armed Forces, as Colonel [Retired] Shahid Uddin Ahmed is already accused of smuggling out huge amount of foreign currency to United Kingdom. Furthermore, he equally is maligning the image of expatriate write Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, by displaying his photograph with the mastermind of a fraudulent multilevel marketing company in Bangladesh [Destiny 2000 Limited]. Gaffar Chowdhury may be misinterpreted as one of the collaborators of Destiny racket, who already has looted a few billions dollars from the innocent investors in Bangladesh.

 

[Mehnab Khan]

as i said earlier this guy used to work as the head of security at a spinning mill earing 40,000 tk, after bal government came to power last i saw him was in august driving a black brand new prado that even did not have a number plate. I could give more information, but it is not safe to do so.

Weekly Blitz is continuing publishing investigative reports on Colonel (Retired) Shahid Uddin Khan's crime and corruption. All of us need to provide them any information that we have. I just checked their online edition and found their email address. You can write them directly at: ediblitz[at]yahoo.com.

 

[scholseys]

lol I'd be careful about posting highly sensitive info on col shaheed, he has very strong influence in NSI and DGFI. If i was in Dhaka, i wouldnt have posted anything on him.

 

[Mehnab Khan]

His daughters are ugly as hell.

But in the picture, I saw one of them named Shehtaz wearing button-opened shirt! May be this time he is trying to "market" his daughters in London.

Will Bangladesh Bank, Anti Corruption Commission and army intelligence do something about Colonel Shahid's crime?

lol I'd be careful about posting highly sensitive info on col shaheed, he has very strong influence in NSI and DGFI. If i was in Dhaka, i wouldnt have posted anything on him.

So these guys at WEEKLY BLITZ are courageous indeed! If you have any information, you can pass on information to them, including those "highly sensitive" one.

 

[scholseys]

But in the picture, I saw one of them named Shehtaz wearing button-opened shirt! May be this time he is trying to "market" his daughters in London.

Will Bangladesh Bank, Anti Corruption Commission and army intelligence do something about Colonel Shahid's crime?

Listen, nothing is going to happen to col. shaheed, he is going to be in the first place to london as soon as the regime change. If he stays, he will have a good time in jail. He has a nice sweater factory though, I don't think BNP will interfere in that though. But during recent times, he is trying to be friendly with BNP personals though lol.

 

[Mehnab Khan]

lol I'd be careful about posting highly sensitive info on col shaheed, he has very strong influence in NSI and DGFI. If i was in Dhaka, i wouldnt have posted anything on him.

Few days back, Colonel (Retired) Shahid Uddin Khan spread emails to people stating the current Director General of DGFI, Major General Sheikh Mamum Khaled in an Islamist etc. I don't know if now General Mamun will catch the culprit, when he gets all the evidences in hand. Yes, Col. Shahid Uddin Khan has many contacts within DGFI, NSI and he also regularly uses Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members, on various ulterior motives.