Dhaka: Crores of money are being laundered to Malaysia in the name of processing Second Home there. An expatriate Bangladeshi identified as Dr Sankar Chandra Poddar is the ring leader of that laundering clique.

According to the rules, there is no way to take more money than the fixed amount legally for availing the facilities of second home. But it is no problem because there is Poddar.

There is allegation that he has institutionally built up a system for laundering enough money through ‘hundi’.

Poddar is publicly telling that the influential ministers and leaders of the present government are taking the second home facilities through him (Poddar).

Staying for a long time in Malaysia, Sankar Chandra Poddar is known there as the most leading second home business person. His footing is also very strong. There is also an allegation that Poddar has established himself in Malaysia as an immigrant businessman due to his close relation with former Bangladesh foreign minister Dr Dipu Moni.

At that time, he used to say that he is a friend of Dipu Moni. His close relation with Dipu Moni made his business very flourishing. After investigation, it is learnt that Poddar has been flourishing his human trafficking business since 2007.

It is in the air that Poddar made sittings at many hi-fi restaurants and hotels with the clients. He makes the plans there to launder the money from Bangladesh to Malaysia. Practically, he joins the social functions there to collect clients.

On October 1 evening of 2014, Poddar was found in a meeting with a Bangladeshi client at Starbuks of Time Square. Poddar arranged to bring the black money of Shuvra, a client, to Malaysia through hundi.

Presently, Shuvra is living in Malaysia. Recently, Poddar and Shuvra were found together in a community meeting of Kelab Aman.

There is also allegation of fraudulent practices against Poddar in second home business. One businessman of Bukit Bintang told Banglanews that Poddar has misappropriated his 15 thousand Ringit in the name second home. Initially, that businessman tried to recover the money but finally gave up avoiding hassles.

A dependable source said that Dr Poddar is doing his ‘hundi’ business through a consulting firm known as Guardian Network at Banani in Dhaka. Appointing female workers at that firm he is doing his second home business by collecting clients through those workers.

However, there is no existence of his Guardian Network at Petaling Jayat.

It is widely circulated among Bangladeshi community in Kuala Lumpur about a new trick of Dr Poddar.  He has started a trick of bringing physicians from Bangladesh. In this connection, he is encouraging a Bangladeshi investor to set up a hospital there.

Dr Poddar first started his business in Malaysia as a physician. He had a business to take patients to Malaysia in the name health tourism. He committed a big fraud there. He misappropriated an amount of Taka 20 lakh as commission keeping one patient of Dhaka at a Malaysian hospital for six months. When that incident of fraud was leaked Poddar was withdrawn as sole agent of MHTC.

Bangladeshis living in Malaysia allege that Dr Poddar has already started to use the name of the newly appointed Bangladesh high commissioner in Malaysia as circulating in the community that he is very close to the envoy.

BDST: 1835 HRS, APR 20, 2015
Edited by Shahjahan
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