The immigration department of police yesterday sent a report to the attorney general's office that contains the names and addresses of 13,931 Bangladeshi nationals with dual citizenship and dual passports for placing it before the High Court.

In the report, the immigration officials have mentioned the present addresses of the Bangladeshi nationals at home and the foreign countries concerned, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Anna Khanam Koli, who received the report, told The Daily Star.

She could not say whether the immigration officials have mentioned in the report the particulars of Bangladeshi nationals with dual citizenships and dual passports who have purchased or built houses abroad by laundering money.

"The report which I received from the immigration department consists of a few thousand pages. I cannot say the details about the contents of the report. I will submit it to the High Court on Thursday [today]," she added.

On December 21 last year, the HC sought a list of names and addresses of Bangladeshi nationals with dual citizenships and dual passports, who have purchased or built houses abroad by laundering money.

While hearing a suomoto rule issued on November 22 last year, the HC bench of Justice Mohammad Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Ahmed Sohel asked the head of the immigration department under the Special Branch to submit the list after collecting information from records of three international airports -- Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram, and MAG Osmani International Airport in Sylhet -- in the country.

On that day, the HC bench said Bangladeshi nationals, who have dual citizenships and dual passports and built and purchased residences in different foreign countries by laundering money, have been going abroad and returning to the country through these three international airports.

Earlier, on November 22 last year, the same HC bench issued an injunction to restrain people from laundering money abroad and directed intelligence agencies to take appropriate steps to stop money laundering.

Among the Bangladeshis, who have dual citizenships, 10,773 live in the USA, 569 in England, 618 in India, and 489 in Canada, Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik, who also received a copy of the report, told The Daily Star last night.

Besides, Bangladeshi nationals live in several foreign countries including China, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Bahrain, according to the compliance report of the immigration department, he added.