Special Correspondent

While working in Chatt Customs House, Arjina Khatun has allegedly earned huge money and wealths through corruption with the businessmen and C&F agents in the name of clearing imported goods.

According to sources, many times she had to return the bribe money even if the product was not redeemed. In this way, she has allegedly earned billions of illegal wealths through corruption.

At the same time, she has collusion with gold smugglers and earned gold worth about six crore taka . One of her childhood friends, office peon and driver was the carrier of these bribe money transactions in Chittagong.

Against all such irregularities, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a complaint against Arjina Khatun, who is working as the Second Secretary (Museum Monitoring, Statistics and Coordination) in the National Board of Revenue.

On April 1, on behalf of Fair and Sons Company Limited. Istiaq Ahmed Reza filed the complaint as the plaintiff. Copies of the complaint have been given to Chairman National Board of Revenue in Dhaka, Director General of DGFI, Director General of NSI and Head of Criminal Investigation Department.

Accused officer Argina Khatun was earlier Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Chittagong Customs House.

A year ago, she was transferred from Chittagong to the National Board of Revenue. Arjina is the daughter of Ahmed Ali of Talukpara of Madhupur village of Baliakandi police station of Rajbari district.

It is widely alleged in the complaint that Argina's accomplice was the Peon of Chittagong Custom House. Ilyas and driver Shahjahan Akhtar. In addition, known as a childhood friend. Abu Taher and his younger brother Rabiul Islam and father Ahmed Ali also cooperated in the corruption.

In the complaint given to the ACC, Arjina Khatun bought 500 bhari gold with illegally earned money.

She mentioned in her annual income tax returns that he received 100 bhari gold as a gift at the time of marriage. However, there is no mention of these golds in her marriage certificate.

It is also said in the complaint that Arjina bought 100 bhari gold from Royal Dhaka's Malabar shop. This information can be found by checking Royal Malabar Gold Shop online. She bought the remaining 300 pieces of gold from Apan Jewelers and Diamond Wall shops in Dhaka.

These golds are bought by using their own influence and evading government revenue. At present the value of these golds is at least Tk 6 crore. She has mortgaged the gold in the lockers of several banks of the country and in the purchased shops.

It is mentioned in the complaint that Arjina Khatun, a former customs official, bought a flat in Mirpur, Dhaka by concealing the purchase price. She bought the flat for two crore taka but in the contract of purchase mentioned 1 crore 21 lakh taka.

Besides, after buying the flat, she spent 27 lakh taka on interior design, 35 lakh taka on electronics and furniture of the flat.

Besides, Arjina has her own private car, whose number is C-16-7458. Although the car was bought with her own money, she rented it by promoting it.

To avoid the eyes of the investigating agency, the car was registered in the name of C&F company 'Anby Logistics Limited'. It is mentioned in the complaint that the C&F businessman is also involved in corruption with the customs officer.

The complaint also mentions that before the customs service, Argina Khatun's house was a 20 feet tin-shed . Now luxary house has recently been built in his village at a cost of Tk 90 lakh. At least another 35 lakh taka was spent on furniture and electronics. Currently, every person in his family has an iPhone brand of mobile phone.

According to the complaint, Parchiti Md. was known to everyone as a childhood friend of former customs officer Arjina Khatun's village home. Abu Taher. He runs a business in Kawla, adjacent to the airport. While Argina was at Chittagong Customs, Peon Ilyas and his driver Shahjahan Akhtar used to send money to two bank accounts of a friend. One of them is Nero Enterprises, account number 51533300001240, NRB Commercial Bank Limited.

The other is Bengal Trading, account number 0121010002726. This information can be obtained by extracting the bank account statements of the last few years.

The complaint further states that Arjina used to send illegal money to Sonali Bank Account Number 200220340677 of her father Ali Ahmed in Baliakandi area of Rajbari. Besides, she used to send money to Ali Ahmed's Bikash No 01788873964 and Ma Moti Begum's Bikash No - 01308692204. This should be investigated through competent agency.

Arjina bought 40 bigha of land in the name of her two younger brothers at a cost of three crore taka next to her father's house. It is also mentioned in the complaint that 30 bighas of land have been mortgaged from there.

Pion of Chittagong Customs to inquire about the complaint. Ilias was called several times on his mobile phone but he did not pick up the phone.

When asked about the complaint, Arjina Khatun told this reporter, "I don't know anything about the complaint." I can't say anything about this right now. Since ACC has filed a complaint, I will tell them if ACC calls me in this regard.