It is Monday Nine o'clock in the morning and rush hour in Rajgarh town so Bharat’s dad Mr. Brahma was in his office working in the International Premier Bank (IPB) which was a global bank and a prestigious one at that so anyone who got an account in the IPB bank used to hold a lot of status and gets free access to many official places like international airport lounges, clubs etc.
In the IPB bank there were many kind of departments one of them is the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) division in which the bank monitors the funds and transactions of its clients to see and stop the conversion of Black money to white money and Mr. Brahma was one of the Officer’s in the AML division.
Mr. Brahma was working on his workstation on his desk and going through the transactions of the clients performing the regular auditory work.
Mr. Brahma thought in his mind: “These days the transactions have become so unusual since so much of foreign funds are coming to these NGOs I wonder what exactly they do with this billions of foreign cash after all it doesn’t seem like they invest all the money only for the development of people so the bank should have to look into it once.”
Mr. Brahma checked the history of the NGO and then thought: “This particular NGO shows on its website that it provides relief funds to the poor for providing foods, drinks and shelter however as per the recorded history it looks like they are indulged in more protest and illegal activities to stop the development of the country instead.”
Mr. Brahma skimmed through the source of funds received by the NGO and found that the client is receiving funds from a sanctioned country which has been further forwarded to this NGO and the fact that it was receiving funds from a sanctioned country which the client was hiding was enough reason to obstruct the transaction so he arranged to Block the transaction right away and reported it to the financial institutions of the Government as per the norms.
After working for the whole day it was already six pm in the evening and it was time to go home so he was just preparing to log out when a client visited the office and after the meet up he found out it was regarding the blocked transaction towards the NGO which he did earlier in the day.
The client said irately and demandingly: “Officer what is this and why is my transaction to the NGO blocked and my account has been suspended? Is this how the IPB bank treats its esteemed clients? I want the transaction to be unblocked and the suspension of the account to be lifted right now or be ready to face the consequences”.
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Mr. Brahma stated soothing the customer: “Mam I acknowledge that you are facing inconvenience due to the blocked transaction and account suspension however this is due to the norms set by the Government since it has been found that one of the sources of the funds has been from the sanctioned country so as soon as we clear the mandatory procedure and gets all the approval the account suspension will be lifted.”
The client said irately: “What do you mean by this, and how long will it take once the procedures are finished? Given that this is an NGO that serves the needs of the underprivileged, I want it completed right away.”
Mr. Brahma said: “Sorry mam we have to wait for the investigations to be completed.”
The client was really angry, she threatened and then left since Mr. Brahma was in the AML division. He was used to dealing with these types of situations on a regular basis so he was used to it.
After the office was closed when Mr. Brahma was on the way to home in a public transport bus at that moment the bus route was blocked by a TATA sumo and five heavily built bouncers came out with black uniform and black mask on their faces they stopped the bus and took Mr. Brahma aggressively to a nearby restaurant in a private room and was made to sit on a chair with a desk and another chair was placed in front of him for someone else to sit on however he can only submit to them since there were so many of them and he was only a regular common citizen.
Then a middle aged tall man with a cruel smile on his handsome face came strolling in with black suit and pants. The man looked rich as he was carrying expensive gears and phones on him.
The man came and sat on the opposite chair behind the desk which was placed in front of Mr. Brahma and then the man took out a revolver and placed it on the table.
The man said politely with a smiling face: “Hi Sir, my name is Tiger, and I am one of the founding members of the non-profit organization. Money was intended to be contributed by a kind individual, but his account appears to be suspended, and the money has been frozen as a result. As a result, our non-profit organization is unable to effectively operate and support the underprivileged and needy. Therefore, I kindly ask that you lift the suspension and allow the money to flow. If you are successful in unfreezing the transactions, you will also be rewarded in the future with job promotions and a modest gesture of appreciation of five lakh rupees with immediate effect in your bank account.”
Mr. Brahma said calmly: “Tiger bhai I am an honest officer working in this banking post and you are trying to bribe me. I am sorry I am bound by my duties and will have to abide by the laws set by the Government.”
Tiger bhai said a little irritatedly and warningly: “In that situation I am sad that we have to take some different measures to perfect our work to receive the funds which may affect you in many ways.”
After saying this to Mr. Brahma Tiger bhai got up and drove out with an agitated expression on his face. He was then allowed to return home.