Raintree hotel illegal

It took a sensational double-rape in a posh boutique hotel to wake Rajuk up from its slumber that Raintree hotel was operating, and that too illegally, in a residential area. Indeed, we are told that the top two floors of the nine-storey building are illegal. Although Raintree obtained a stay order on a High Court order, why hadn't Rajuk taken any action on the illegally constructed part of the hotel? This whole incident has basically blown off the lid on how arrangements can be made with authorities to operate, in violation of the law, by business establishments that continue their operations with impunity. 

Although Rajuk has now gone into overdrive, we would like to know whether any investigation has been launched to find out why Rajuk took no steps to demolish the illegally constructed part of the hotel. Again, how is it that this hotel had access to water, electricity and gas connections on commercial basis? Does that mean there is graft involved with the utility companies? How could the utility companies give permission to establish connections to a building that is not legally permitted to have commercial-grade power, water and gas connections? The High Court stay order by the owner against a Rajuk drive for eviction notwithstanding, one simply cannot overlook the issue of graft that seems to have engulfed our state-owned companies and until we can figure out how to tackle this systemic problem, such violations are likely to continue for the foreseeable future.