Editorial Desk :
A real estate businessman has ruined the dreams of hundreds of people of owning homes in Dhaka and swindled crores of taka from them. RAB claimed that Nasim had also pocketed crores of taka by taking Tk 5 lakh from 5,000 people each with a promise of building residential housing in the Kaundia area of Savar in the early 2000s. He also swindled around Tk 300 crore by fraudulently registering land to another 250 people who paid him Tk 12.50 lakh each, said RAB-4 Commanding Officer Md Mozammel Haque.
The victims had repeatedly complained about him to REHAB but never got a remedy from the association. Replying to a question, REHAB Vice-President Kamal Mahmud told that they had received a complaint in 2015 and later the victim had also filed a case in a Dhaka court against Nasim Real Estate.
Nasim, who was in hiding, faces arrest warrants in 55 cases from different police stations on charges of fraud. However, what is really interesting is that Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Mirpur Division Deputy
Commissioner ASM Mahatab Uddin refused to comment when asked why they could not arrest Nasim although he was wanted in dozens of cases. However, he was arrested by RAB on Wednesday.
It is quite mysterious as to why the police could not arrest him even though he was wanted in 55 cases and it took RAB to arrest him. There is a presumption among many citizens that the police shelter people who are accused in such a manner on payments of money. If people can be arrested promptly because they are thought to defame individuals on live TV then why is it that such criminals remain out of the purview of the law?
But of course we will never know the answer — did he bribe the police, or were the police, who are so prompt to act on political cases, lethargic due to unnatural influence. If there is a greater argument for depoliticising the police force it is now — or maybe it isn’t that, as one can argue that RAB could be equally politicised.
The real answer must remain that the police should be made to be more efficient. They must not think that they are lords and masters of the people — to randomly torture and kill anyone they want — as a certain section of them are wont to anyway. When will they stop sheltering the rich and corrupt malfeasants in exchange for pecuniary factors — if they are doing such acts, of course. When will they stop torturing random civilians in exchange for money — acts which are more widely reported in the media? Greater professionalism alone just can be the answer.
The truth is corrupt businesses are doing well with indulgences from the government.
A real estate businessman has ruined the dreams of hundreds of people of owning homes in Dhaka and swindled crores of taka from them. RAB claimed that Nasim had also pocketed crores of taka by taking Tk 5 lakh from 5,000 people each with a promise of building residential housing in the Kaundia area of Savar in the early 2000s. He also swindled around Tk 300 crore by fraudulently registering land to another 250 people who paid him Tk 12.50 lakh each, said RAB-4 Commanding Officer Md Mozammel Haque.
The victims had repeatedly complained about him to REHAB but never got a remedy from the association. Replying to a question, REHAB Vice-President Kamal Mahmud told that they had received a complaint in 2015 and later the victim had also filed a case in a Dhaka court against Nasim Real Estate.
Nasim, who was in hiding, faces arrest warrants in 55 cases from different police stations on charges of fraud. However, what is really interesting is that Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Mirpur Division Deputy
Commissioner ASM Mahatab Uddin refused to comment when asked why they could not arrest Nasim although he was wanted in dozens of cases. However, he was arrested by RAB on Wednesday.
It is quite mysterious as to why the police could not arrest him even though he was wanted in 55 cases and it took RAB to arrest him. There is a presumption among many citizens that the police shelter people who are accused in such a manner on payments of money. If people can be arrested promptly because they are thought to defame individuals on live TV then why is it that such criminals remain out of the purview of the law?
But of course we will never know the answer — did he bribe the police, or were the police, who are so prompt to act on political cases, lethargic due to unnatural influence. If there is a greater argument for depoliticising the police force it is now — or maybe it isn’t that, as one can argue that RAB could be equally politicised.
The real answer must remain that the police should be made to be more efficient. They must not think that they are lords and masters of the people — to randomly torture and kill anyone they want — as a certain section of them are wont to anyway. When will they stop sheltering the rich and corrupt malfeasants in exchange for pecuniary factors — if they are doing such acts, of course. When will they stop torturing random civilians in exchange for money — acts which are more widely reported in the media? Greater professionalism alone just can be the answer.
The truth is corrupt businesses are doing well with indulgences from the government.
