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August
3, 2000
Moulvibazar,
Aug 2 (UNB) – An organized gang is engaged here in money laundering
through hundi business avoiding the financial institutions and
depriving the government from huge revenue.
According
to a competent source the hundi traders have been running their
business, as the people prefer to transfer money through hundi to
avoid hazardous bank transactions.
Besides,
the smugglers and illegal exporters who prefer to avoid government
rules and regulations and evade customs duty, maintain a close
relation with the hundi traders.
There
are over 50 hundi traders in the district who are overtly or covertly
running their businesses in collaboration with some dishonest bank
officials at home and abroad.
A
section of unscrupulous traders under the protection of influential
people have built up a network in various parts of the district.
The
smugglers prefer to transact their money through hundi method and
laundering millions of Taka to abroad through the neighbouring India.
Local
people alleged that many exporters are laundering money through hundi
at LC station in order to evade customs duty.
Besides,
the people, who go to India for treatment, excursion or visits,
transact money through hundi to avoid tangles by the officials
concerned and gain more profit while exchanging currency, they added.
A
patient on condition of anonymity said, “I am taking a few dollars
with me for treatment in India, as I would get less money encashing
the dollar. Hence, I sent the rest of the money through hundi”.
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