Following publication of a report titled ‘British-Bangladeshi handles BNP’s dirty cash’ in Blitz on December 29, 2022, Shahidur Rahman is the owner of a restaurant named ‘Raj Spice’, which is located at 7 Halesowen Street, Blackheath, Rowley Regis, Sandwell, B65 0HG, UK has been repeatedly calling this correspondent and giving threats of holding press conference in London against Blitz and filing case with Bangladesh court.
He also told this correspondent, “You guys said I am funding Tarique Rahman and BNP. Insha Allah (Allah willing) I shall see you guys soon in the court in Bangladesh.
He further said, in Bangladesh he also has investments in other projects, including Nandan park in Ashulia. It may be mentioned here that, Nandan park stopped operations for several months as it was incurring loss.
Shahidur Rahman is the owner of a restaurant named ‘Raj Spice’, which is located at 7 Halesowen Street, Blackheath, Rowley Regis, Sandwell, B65 0HG, UK. On its website, this restaurant describes itself stating: “The Raj Spice is a customary restaurant in Blackheath, surrounded by a superb undivided team of management. From the regulation to service all the staffs are very eco-friendly here so that you feel at your own home whenever you visit us accompanied by your family and friends”.
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Halesowen and Rowley Regis is a constituency in the West Midlands represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by James Morris, a Conservative.
It was reported in Blitz that Shahid Rahman owns huge properties in Bangladesh, while he is the owner of a shopping complex named ‘Thames Tower’, which is locally known as ‘Goala Bazar Tower’ on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at Goala Bazar, Osmaninagar in Sylhet. This massive commercial complex is owned by Shahidur Rahman’s real estate company named ‘The Thames Properties Ltd’.
A source told this correspondent that Shahidur Rahman did not declare the amount he invested in constructing ‘Thames Tower’ with the UK authorities, although it is mandatory. Unless he has officially sent the required amount from the United Kingdom to Bangladesh and unless he has declared this investment, it would be tantamount to serious crime under ‘Money Laundering’ law.
Moreover, it is unclear whether Shahidur Rahman sent the amount of investment in Nandan park and other large businesses in Bangladesh through banking channels.
It may be mentioned here that, Shahidur Rahman is a prime donor of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), while he handles illegal transfer of BNP’s cash to Bangladesh and the United States. In the UK, Shahidur Rahman is running illegal hawala business for years.
Bangladeshi law enforcement agencies need to investigate Shahidur Rahman’s role as the handler of dirty-cash of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
