The activities of Pathakpriyo Seva Prakashani are temporarily suspended
All activities of Seva Prakashani, the country's traditional publishing house, have been temporarily suspended. This information was informed in a press release from the owner of Seva Prakashani today on Wednesday.
The press release signed by Kazi Shahnur Hossain, a partner of Seba Prakashani, says, "Recently, various internal irregularities and corruption in Seba Prakashani have come to our attention. In such a situation, all activities of the service publication are being temporarily suspended in order to complete the audit activities impartially and properly.
Since the death of Kazi Anwar Hossain, the founder of Seba Prakashani, on January 19, 2022, the activities of one of the most popular publishing houses in the country, established by him, have come to a standstill.
Kazi Shahanur Hossain was contacted about the decision of temporary suspension and his mobile phone was found switched off. However, his younger brother Kazi Maimur Hossain's wife Masuma Maimur, advisor of Seva Prakashani, was contacted. He told Prothom Alo that this decision was taken after family discussion. There is no family conflict behind it.
After the death of the founder of Seva Prakashani, Kazi Anwar Hossain, his two sons Kazi Shahanur Hossain and Kazi Maimur Hossain are the owners of the company as equal partners. And Kazi Anwar Hossain has advised Masuma Maimur during his lifetime.
Masuma Maimur said that Kazi Maimur Hossain is ill. Elder brother Kazi Shahanur Hossain is a simple man. Unbeknownst to him, a class of officers and employees of the organization were doing irregularities and corruption. The matter seemed suspicious to him. He secretly searched for six months and found that the book sale money was not being deposited in various sales centers including the Banglabazar sales center. Being removed in a trick. Apart from this, various projects taken up recently were also failing due to irregularities. After knowing these issues, they have decided to temporarily stop the activities of the organization and take legal action after family discussion.
Referring to the fact that a written complaint has already been filed in Ramna Police Station, Masuma Maimur said that an initiative has been taken to conduct an audit. Audit will start very soon. After completing these activities, Pathakpriyo Seva Prakashani will start its activities anew, he said. He requested the readers to stay with him in this critical time.
