Jamuna Group chief, wife sued for tax evasion

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FE Report The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has filed seven separate cases against chairman of Jamuna Group Nurul Islam Babul, his wife Salma Islam and son Shamim Islam on charge of evasion of Tk 1.0 billion in tax. Deputy commissioners of Taxes Md Ataul Huq, Md Jahurul Islam and Dipak Kumar Chakrabarti filed those cases Sunday at Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court. Special judge of CMM court Md Jauhurl Huq set May 26 for hearing of the cases. The companies, against those the NBR filed tax evasion cases, are-Shamim Composite Mills Limited, Shamim Spinning Mills Limited, Jamuna Welding Electrod Limited, Jamuna Spinning Mills Limited, Jamuna Electric Manufacturing Limited, Jamuna Distillery Limited and Shamim Roton Spinning Limited. The NBR accused Mr Nurul Islam Babul as managing director, chairman and chief executive officer of those companies in four cases. Taxmen accused Ms Salma Islam as MD of Shamim Composite Mills and Shamim Islam as MD of Shamim Spinning Mills. The cases have been filed on charge of submission of false statement, non-submission of tax returns, concealment of income and tax evasion.