Dhaka, March 3 -- As a native of Gopalganj, Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat referred to the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina as "aunt", former IGP Benazir Ahmed as "cousin", and former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal as "uncle".

Over the 15-year tenure of the Awami League government, he has amassed significant wealth.

Once an influential figure in Bangladesh's financial sector, Nafeez Sarafat leveraged his power across different fields, with intelligence agencies surprisingly safeguarding his interests.

In 1999, he had a modest start at Standard Chartered Bank and later ascended to the position of director of IFIC Bank, a role he resigned amid scandal.

His meteoric and controversial rise began in earnest on Sept 24, 2008, when he secur...