DHAKA, May 30, 2018 (BSS) – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has
launched probes against over 100 drug traders in line with the lists sent to
the Commission by the Department of Narcotic Control (DNC).
“We have already started inquiries into assets of over 100 drugs traders as
per the lists given by the Department of Narcotic Control,” ACC deputy
director (public relations) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee told BSS today.
“The Commission has already initiated files of 77 allegations against over
100 people,” he said.
Directors of different wings of the national anti-graft agency have been
entrusted with coordinating the activities of the inquiries, Pranab said.
The DNC, in the first phase, sent a list of 465 alleged drug traders in
January last year to initiate inquiries into their assets and in the second
phase, it forwarded a list of 141 suspected drug dealers to the Commission in
January this year.
The DNC has sent the second list of 141 drug dealers to the Commission upon
an allegation that the temporary addresses of drug dealers mentioned in the
list were not found as they used to change their addresses to avoid arrest,
officials said.
The second list has been prepared with the permanent addresses of the drug
dealers.
Replying to a query about the DNC’s move in capturing the listed drug
traders, DNC additional director (intelligence) Md Nazrul Islam Sikder said:
“We have already widened our intelligence surveillance across the country to
collect advance information about their movements. We are also conducting
drives based on the information.”
“We are currently working as per the directives of the Home Ministry and
the core committee, to prevent the drug trading,” he said.
Earlier, Nazrul said, the government formed a core committee involving
representatives from all the intelligence agencies, police, Rapid Action
Battalion (Rab), Ansar, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Coast Guard and the
DNC to monitor the overall activities of different law enforcement agencies
against the abuse of drugs.
Director General (DG) of DNC Mohammod Jamal Uddin Ahmed is the convener of
the core committee.