Joint enforcement agencies in Bangladesh have launched a drive on Fuang Club, a well-known establishment in the capital’s Tejgaon Industrial Area, amidst an intensifying crackdown on revenue irregularities and financial misconduct.
Officers from the Special Response Battalion (SRB) and the VAT Audit, Intelligence and Investigation Directorate of the National Revenue Board (NBR) initiated the operation on Saturday afternoon. Officials cordoned off the venue to inspect financial documentation, stock registers, and commercial records to determine whether the club has been complying with national Value Added Tax obligations and properly declaring its business operations.
This raid comes in the immediate wake of heightened scrutiny by state intelligence and tax agencies targeting duty evasion and unrecorded commercial activities across high-end establishments in Dhaka. On Thursday, tax enforcement and law enforcement authorities conducted a similar joint operation in South Gulshan at a bonded warehouse facility owned by Toss Bond Private Limited.
During the Gulshan raid, a combined force comprising the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID), the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC), and the Special Response Battalion-1 (SRB-1) inspected premises belonging to Sheikh Nur Islam, father-in-law of prominent social media figure Salman Muqtadir. Authorities subsequently sealed off four warehouses—two holding valid operational licenses and two deemed unauthorized—following allegations that duty-free alcohol had been stored in unapproved locations in breach of national customs laws and narcotics regulations.
The latest action at Fuang Club highlights a broader and more coordinated strategy by the National Revenue Board and security forces to curb revenue leakage, monitor commercial entertainment venues, and ensure strict compliance with countrywide trade and tax laws. Authorities have stated that detailed findings from the ongoing inspection at the Tejgaon club will be released upon completion of the preliminary investigation.
