A petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directives upon the concerned bodies of the government to submit a list of the top drug dealers of the country including their names and addresses.
It also appealed to the HC to issue a directive upon the Department of Narcotics Control to submit the list within two months.
Along with this, an instruction has also been sought to probe into the complaints related to money laundering through the drug dealers that comes in the news reports published in the media including various national newspapers.
It sought the directives upon the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police, Bangladesh Financial Intelligent Unit (BFIU), National Board of Revenue (NBR), and the Department of the Narcotics.
Supreme Court Lawyer Subir Nandi Das sought the directives by filing a supplementary petition on Tuesday. The High Court bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat may hold hearing on the issue on Wednesday, said the lawyer.
The lawyer annexed a report that said, "A total of 481 million US dollars are smuggled out of the country every year due to drugs, which is equivalent to Tk 5147 crores, in Bangladeshi currency. And Bangladesh ranks fifth in the world in money laundering by buying and selling drugs. And it is top among the Asian countries."
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