Bodies demand administrator for HAAB
The Umrah Hajj Agencies Welfare Association of Bangladesh (UHAWAB) and the Coordination Council of Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) demanded on Tuesday removal of the existing HAAB executive committee for their alleged involvement with ticket syndication, corruption and human trafficking in the name of Hajj and Umrah, reports BSS.
In separate petitions to the commerce and religious affairs ministers as well as secretaries of the ministries, they also requested for appointment of an administrator to hold election for handing over the charge to a new committee, said a press release on Tuesday.
UHAWAB Convener Jamal Uddin Ahmed, former HAAB President and member secretary of UHAWAB Advocate Abdullah Al- Naser, Joint-Convener and former HAAB senior vice president K H M Tajul Islam, Joint Convener Nurul Huq, for HAAB senior Vice President Golam Faruk, HAAB Coordination Council Convener Ruhul Amin Mintu, Member Secretary Rezaul Karim Ujjal, among others, were the signatories to the petitions.
They alleged that the HAAB used to collect annual fees from the members, but the existing committee is collecting Taka 200 in fee from each Hajj pilgrims that means additional Taka 17.6 million (1.76 crore) has been accumulated.
Besides, they have also collected Taka 10.6 million from 3,352 guides as toll and mishandled Taka 100 million annually on account of trolley bags supposed to be distributed by the agencies. All these were violation of the terms of operation, they added.
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