2024-07-24 19:46:02
The son of a local official boasted about her on social media, which exposed corruption schemes in the government.
What happened?
In mid-June, one of Dhaka’s richest families decided to sell their belongings before moving. Among the items up for sale was a goat, reputed to be the largest in the country. The new owners resold it to Mushfiqur Rahman Ifat, a 24-year-old resident of a village in Bangladesh.
Mushfigur paid 1.5 million taki (about 47 thousand shekels) for the animal and, delighted with the purchase, began bragging on social networks, mentioning his father’s help, but not naming him. Local residents were puzzled by where the young man got such a large sum.
After investigating family connections, they learned that Mushfigur’s father was a local tax official named Motiur Rahman. It then became clear where the boy got his money: his father secretly earned money by selling real estate and owned resorts.
Motiur Rahman tried to justify himself by claiming that Mushfigur was not his son, as he had only two children. However, one of the members of parliament confirmed that Ifat was Rahman’s son from his second marriage. The tax office quickly transferred Motiur to another ministry, citing reputational risks, but the scandal over the goat quickly spread. The media began investigating corruption schemes in the government.
At the same time, university students in Bangladesh began protesting against the law on the quota system for government jobs. They demanded the abolition of the system, which reserves up to 30% of government posts for the families of veterans of the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence, considering it discriminatory and beneficial to the prime minister. By July 21, 151 people had died in clashes with police.
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