MOHAMMAD JAMIL KHAN

Khandaker Enayet Ullah, former general secretary of the Dhaka Road Transport Owners Association, collected Tk 1.65 crore in daily extortion from buses plying various city routes.

According to estimations, Enayet Ullah used to collect around Tk 602 crore annually through extortion.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) uncovered the findings during a money laundering investigation and subsequently moved to freeze his and his family’s movable assets and 50 bank accounts holding over Tk 120 crore.

Along with Enayet Ullah, these bank accounts were maintained and operated by his wife Nargis Samsad, his son Ridwanul Ashiq Niloy, and his daughter Chasmay Jahan Nishi.

Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain issued the order on May 27 following a submission by Md Saiduzzaman, deputy director of the ACC, in line with Section 14 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012, and the ACC Rules, 2007.

The court order mentioned that Enayet Ullah and his family are under investigation for amassing wealth through illegal means, primarily via daily extortion from public buses.

If the listed assets are not frozen immediately, the money could be transferred or hidden, obstructing any future confiscation by the state.

Many of the accounts are savings and fixed deposit receipts (FDRs), some with balances exceeding several crores of taka individually, according to the ACC findings submitted to the court, a copy of which this newspaper obtained.

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