 Md Tajul Islam, former MP of Cumilla 9 Constituency and former Minister of Local Government participated in Laxam Central Cooperative Bank auction without pay order.
Even though there were various questions in the public mind at that time whether a member of parliament could participate in this auction, everyone was helpless before the power of the MP.
Bangladesh Co-operative Bank Limited filed Money Decree Case No. 7/94 against Laksam Central Co-operative Bank in Cumilla Money Debt Court as plaintiff.
In that case, the court decided to auction the property of Laksam Central Cooperative Bank Limited. Md Tajul Islam, the former MP of Laxam, participated in the auction while keeping the identity of the parliament member secret.
Two persons named Tajul Islam and Khorshed Alam participated in this auction, but Khorshed Alam did not offer any amount of money in the auction and Tajul Islam offered 3 crore 21 lakh 51 thousand 551 rupees and did not submit any payment order of security with the offer.
One did not offer the amount of money in the auction, another did not submit the payment order of the security in this situation, there is a question in the public mind about the legality of the said auction.
Khorshed Alam, who participated in the auction, said that Tajul Islam MP’s people threatened me with an assault case because I participated in the said auction. He also threatened to break my arms and legs if he found me in the court. I was not allowed to appear in the court on the scheduled date and compete in the auction due to threats of assault, prosecution and jail. They harmed me financially by taking away my necessary documents and demanding extortion from me. Tajul Islam or its representatives have not compensated my loss even though they said they will compensate me. He also claimed that the auction was illegal as it was not a participatory auction.
Paper review revealed that on June 23, 2010, Tajul Islam participated in the auction and dropped the bid without a security pay order.
Admitting the mistake of dropping the tender without payment order on 23rd, Tajul Islam gave a written statement on 24th June 2010 without appearing in court. The review shows that Tajul Islam’s signature in that written statement is not Tajul Islam’s.
In the deposition, Tajul Islam said, according to the conditions of the auction, I collected Pay Order No. 04 32697 from Jamuna Bank, Comilla Branch on 23/6/2010 in English. I dropped the tender in the tender box but mistakenly did not attach the pay order with the tender. Today 24/6/2010 I came to the court and came to know the matter and submitted the pay order in support of my tender along with the application for your kind consideration. There has been widespread criticism as to whether this auction will be properly executed if the pay order is submitted the next day instead of on the due date. It is also seen from the review of the documents that this tender was not participative.
Laksam Central Cooperative Bank was established in 1929. 50 unions of the then Greater Laxam had member societies of Laksam Central Cooperative Bank. After the purchase of 98th century property in Laxam with the subscription money of the members of the said association, Central Cooperative Bank Laksam No. 634 SA, Khatian was created. Cumilla Third Joint District Judge Jasmine Ara Begum signed this property in the name of Md. Tajul Islam, the former Laksam Member of Parliament, in a non-participatory tender. Form No. 01/2010 Eng. The Joint District Judge Jasmin Ara Begum directed the Laksam Sub-Registrar on 17 August 2010 to register the deed. In the light of that instruction, the Laxam Sub-Registry Office registered the said deed bearing No. 12640. Tajul Islam, being the original owner of the said document, gave the title deed in the name of his brother-in-law Mohabbat Ali, and Mohabbat floated it and sold it.
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