Before Eid al-Azha, a young man named Mushfiqur Rahman Ifat went viral with a goat. The goat was worth Tk. fifteen lakh. He said it was his dream to buy such a goat. He had never seen such a face to face before. He has this fate because Allah has placed it in his destiny. The emotional boy's voice then exuded immense satisfaction; what more can I say!
The video of a goat costing Tk. fifteen lakhs has created a stir on social media the moment viral boy and his goat. Even though the price of goat is shocking, there are also cows worth crores of takas in the country. Last April, the price of a cow fetched Tk. 1 crore at the Livestock Fair held in Sher-e- Bangla Nagar of the capital. In favor of the price, its owner Sadiq Agro's Imran Hossain said, the price is high for the pedigree of the cow. This cow has the identity of father, grandfather, grandfather's father. He said, there are many reasons for asking the price of a cow for Tk. one crore. The number one reason is—this cow has a 110-year pedigree. Another big reason is that this cow's sire is a World Champion bloodline.
Tk. fifteen lakhs worth of goat belong to the owner's farm of Tk. crores worth of cows. How much the previous cow was sold for, who bought it when - although it is not known, the identity of the buyer of the goat bought for Tk. fifteen lakhs is known. Mushfiqur Rahman Ifat is the son of a government official. He is President of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Customs, Excise and VAT Appellate Tribunal Md. Matiur Rahman is Ifat's father. He is also a director of the state-owned Sonali Bank Plc. After that, various information about Matiur Rahman's movable and immovable assets, the amount of money collected in the bank, income and expenses came into discussion. It is known that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will look into this information.
Daily Khabar paper has published a report on Matiur Rahman's assets, it has been seen that he has laundered hundreds of crores of money so far despite being a government employee. He owns a flat worth Tk. 2 crore in Bashundhara and a 7 storey house in 5 katha worth Tk. 40 crore in Dhanmondi. He has a global shoe factory on about 300 bighas of land, having 60 percent of the land. He has a joint developer company called Jesix in Bashundhara has 14 storied commercial buildings. Gazipur Sadar has 60 percent land in 8 Khatians worth Tk. 40 crore. His first wife owns 14.03 percent of land in Bilamalia Mauza of Savar Police Station, 62.16 percent of land in Khilgaon Mauza of Gazipur Police Station. The son of the first party has 14.50 percent land worth Tk. 90 crores in Gazipur. He owns several expensive cars in the name of himself and his family members. FDR of more than Tk. 50 crore has been deposited anonymously in various banks in his name. He has married more than once.
This wealth information coming to the media is in his own name and in the name of a part of the family. Assets held in the names of other spouses and family members are not available where Mushfiqur Rahman Ifat is. Information about Ifat's luxury car that has come through social media shows that this party and if there are any assets in someone else's name are still undisclosed. However, the published information says that he owns at least thousands of crores of money.
Matiur Rahman denied his blood relationship with Ifat. Said, Ifat is not his child. Although Feni Member of Parliament Nizam Uddin Hazari said that Ifat is the child of Matiur Rahman's second wife. Nizam Uddin MP is claiming that Ifat's mother is his cousine sister. Several public representatives of Feni said the same thing, which has already been published in the media. In other words, Motiur Rahman has denied the blood relationship after his son's goat case went viral after his wealth information came out.
How did a government official become the owner of so much wealth—the question now looms large? When the person sitting at the highest level of the National Board of Revenue was supposed to think about the country's revenue, how he has been secretly 'collecting revenue' for himself for so long, it would not have been known if the goat scandal of Ifat had not taken place. No matter how negatively Ifat's goat and price are viewed here, this goat, price and Ifat's video shows the way to track down the 'high-class' government official.
This government official named Matiur Rahman denied his relationship with Ifat. It doesn't matter whether he accepts it or not because Ifat is not guilty, or even charged, of any criminal offense due to his age, various ways of enjoying the huge wealth received by the family. If a young person of this age gets so much wealth, he will use it in various ways. He cannot be called guilty here. Maybe, his spending habits are uncontrolled or unaccountable, but it is not a crime as long as it causes harm to others. It is known in the media that every year he went to the farm and did not take all the animal bookings. It could be due to his uncontrolled movement and age. Correction of this fault is possible in counseling here.
Mushfiqur Rahman Ifat has actually done a lot of good for the country by making a video of buying goat at a price of Tk. 15 lakh. Through this, the country has seen a government employee of "high caste". The countrymen want to know how some of the people in charge of revenue collection of the state have taken themselves. Ifat goat is therefore forcing the ACC to take initiative. It forced the government to remove Matiur Rahman from NBR in 'public interest'. On Sunday (June 23), a notification signed by Mokima Begum, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Finance said that President of Customs, Excise and VAT Appellate Tribunal Matiur Rahman has been attached to the Internal Resources Division of the Ministry of Finance. It is also notified that this order will come into effect immediately in public interest not mentioned.
Ifat and the goat of Ifat are therefore not harmful. Rather, it has benefited the country. Putting aside the issue of uncontrolled or unaccounted expenses, Ifat can be thanked for that because his goat, price and video found a government official, who has been an employee of the republic for so long and has worked against that republic without hindrance, secretly.