Crackdown against all illicit businesses: Home minister

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Bangla Tribune Report
Published : 18:04, Sep 19, 2019 | Updated : 19:25, Sep 19, 2019

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal chairs a meeting on law and order on the imminent occasion of the National Mourning Day at his ministry conference room in Dhaka on Sunday, July 28, 2019 PID/File Photo

A day after Rapid Action Battalion’s crackdown on illegal casinos in Dhaka, Home Minister Assaduzzaman Khan said no illicit businesses would be able to run in the country.
"Not only against the casinos; will crackdown against all illicit businesses,” he said on Thursday (Sept 19).
On Wednesday (Sept 18), RAB arrested Juba League Dhaka South Organising Secretary Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan from his Gulshan residence for running an illegal casino at a sports club in Dhaka’s Fakirerpool.
The elite police unit raided at least five clubs in the city and detained and sentenced 182 people in connection with running “casinos”, gambling, and drug abuse, and sealed off at least two clubs.
Speaking to reporters at his office on Thursday, Home Minister Khan said, “Operating casinos requires permission from the government, just like licenses issued for bars. The establishments were raided they operating illegally.
Responding a query on the ‘sudden crackdown against casinos’, he said the raids were conducted on intelligence inputs.
“Similar raids have carried out previously,” Khan said before referring to raids on two clubs in Kalabagan and Karwan Bazar. “The two clubs have been sealed off for illicit activities.”
Citing law enforcement have acted following prime minister's instruction, Khan said, "We show zero tolerance against terrorism, militancy and narcotics."
Responding to a query on alleged from the administration in casino operations, the minister said "If it’s found anyone [in the administration] was involved with it then actions will be taken.”.
On the government's measures to bring back Bangabandhu murder convict Nur Chowdhury from Canada, Khan said the government has opened initiatives in line with the legal procedures.
On Tuesday (Sept 17), a Canadian Federal Court allowed a judicial review plea filed by Bangladesh against Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship’s decision not to disclose immigration status of Nur Chowdhury in that country.
“This court’s judgment is that the application for judicial review is allowed, with costs,” said Justice James W O’Reilly of Federal Court of Ottawa, Ontario.

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