The tax intelligence wing has started collecting bank account information of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman Ghulam Hussain and his wife.
The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) under NBR asked the country's commercial banks Thursday to furnish bank account information since 2007.
The CIC has sought information about term-deposits, any type of saving instruments by next seven days.
Talking to the FE, NBR Chairman Ghulam Hussain admitted that he has given approval to the CIC's move to search his own and his wife's bank accounts to ensure transparency.
"I found some raising questions over my wealth information and other issues. This move would help clarify the matter," he said.
"The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has made query to CIC to look into my wealth information that I agreed to make transparent," he added.
Hussain became NBR chairman in October 2012. His job tenure is scheduled to expire in January next.
The banks will be fined Tk 25,000 at a time, the CIC said for missing the deadline. For further delays, they will have to pay Tk 500 daily.
The CIC asked to send the required information by November 24, 2014 to Dr Md Nurul Amin, joint director of the CIC. If any bank does not have any information regarding their bank accounts, they have to furnish nil report regarding the query.
The letter that has been sent to banks termed the query 'confidential.'
Meanwhile, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has sent 'mutual legal assistance requests' (MLARs) to 14 countries asking for legal assistance to investigate into allegation of money laundering of several politicians, government officials and businessmen.
"We've sent 14 mutual legal assistance requests abroad seeking information about the siphoning off money. We're waiting for information from abroad," ACC secretary Maksudul Hasan Khan said at ACC's monthly press briefing at its media centre on Thursday.
However, when asked, he did not specify the names of the persons under investigation.
He also said ACC planned to initiate probe against 16 senior government officials including secretaries who reportedly managed freedom fighter (FF) certificates without following the due process.
"We heard that some 16 senior public officials have managed FF certificates to extend their service period although they hadn't claimed themselves to be freedom fighters when they joined jobs," he said.
He said ACC will continue to look into the corruption allegations and urged journalists to help it by providing information.
Maksudul Hasan also informed the press that the ACC is currently carrying out inquiries against its nine officials who allegedly obtained FF certificates illegally.
"A probe team of the commission has been asked to submit its report on the allegation within a month," he added.
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