Bangladeshi artifacts on sale
Sohail Choudhury
Latest information from Paris is extremely alarming for Bangladesh. Controversial Guimet Museum has finally decided to sell the whole lot of artifacts sent from Bangladesh for exhibition. According to various sources, Guimet authorities have already finalized at least three deals of selling extremely precious and rarest Bangladeshi artifacts to prospective buyers. Initial value of these three items have already been fixed at US$ 93 million. Guimet has also expelled the representatives from Bangladesh museum and abandoned any possibility of sending the artifacts back to Dhaka. It is also reported that, a number of extremely influential advisors of the present government are involved behind such trafficking of national assets abroad defying massive reactions and protests from Bangladeshis. It was already reported in Weekly Blitz that son of one of the advisor will be visiting Paris during this month to receive the stake of commission for smuggling of 42 pieces of extremely precious artifacts. Although the interim government repeatedly promised to the nation that the artifacts will return to Dhaka soon, it is already understood that, such promises made by the government will soon turn into false.
Weekly Blitz has been conducting a comprehensive investigation into the matter to identify the reason behind such massive corruption and irregularities during the interim government, which is continuing efforts to, what it said, eliminating corruption. But, the saddest incident in the history of Bangladesh, where not only some of the influential members of the government cashed huge amount of money by smuggling out national properties, but, this is the first time that Bangladeshi wealth had been handed over to foreign looters defying protests and reactions from the people of the country.
It is learnt from a number of sources that several members of the advisory council of the interim government are involved with this heinous crime. Most of the advisors involved in this smuggling are already ousted from the government. It is now learnt that, at least one of the advisors, who resigned recently may leave Bangladesh for Paris to get his stake of share in this deal. It is also learnt that, son of another ousted advisor shall visit France during this month to get his father's portion of share from the sale of invaluable Bangladeshi artifacts.
Meanwhile, Anti Corruption Commission is set to lodge a case against at least four of the ousted advisors, charging them for their involvement in smuggling of invaluable Bangladeshi artifacts. In this case, these advisors may be arrested and sent to prison, making a great example in Bangladesh by the present interim government that no one is above law.
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