In the 1980s, the Ahmed clan had established their grip on the sprawling Mohammadpur district of Dhaka, which brought them wealth and prominence. Along with his brothers – Josef, Anis and Tipu – the Ahmed clan built up a fearsome reputation as back-street enforcers for hire men capable of extreme violence when they deemed it necessary. Born in 1966, he left school early and as a young man quickly found demand for his talent for violence and extortion among the crime gangs of his city. His real name is Haris Ahmed and he is the third-oldest son of a large family from the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. Now Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit can reveal the real identity of Mohammed Hasan, a man who can boast the loyalty of a world leader and the protection of an army. It is a false identity built on dozens of carefully forged documents that helped Bangladesh’s “most wanted” gangster effectively disappear into thin air. There are plenty of funds flowing his way his problem is working out how to hide this wealth.īut this Mohammad Hasan, slightly built with a taste for expensive clothes, is a work of pure fiction. Hasan has money problems, but not the ones you would suspect. He has operated a student hostel, another restaurant in the old quarter and a women’s clothing store. It is in the heart of the old quarter where tourists usually flock, but the restaurant is losing money just like Hasan’s other businesses. Next door, tucked away in a narrow street is another of his ventures – a small traditional Hungarian diner trading under the name Gulyas Etterem, Goulash Restaurant. The money exchange is illegal with no license to operate, but that does not matter to Hasan. The money exchange, called Bay of Bengal, is one of several ventures Hasan has run in Budapest since arriving in May 2015. His first identity is that of a small-time businessman from Bangladesh who journeyed thousands of miles to build a new life in Europe. Mohammad Hasan is two people, one of whom has a very important family name. It also links him to the very top of that country’s political elite and to one of the most powerful men in the country. His remarkable story of revenge and punishment links him to one of the most feared paramilitary groups in the world: the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB, notorious for murders, abductions and torture throughout Bangladesh. He explained how he had enlisted an infamous elite anti-terrorism unit thousands of miles away to track his victim’s mobile phone and arrest him. A cloud of smoke rose towards the ceiling of the cramped room in a money exchange kiosk on a quiet Budapest backstreet. His hands, loaded with gold rings and bracelets, clinked as he described how he settled an old score with a rival. Mohammad Hasan smiled grimly and took a deep drag on his cigarette. But if I kill you, then you won’t feel the pain.
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