AL leader Abul Hasanat jailed for tax evasion
Thursday, 13 December 2007
A Dhaka court Wednesday sentenced senior Awami League leader Abul Hasanat Abdullah to nine-year rigorous imprisonment on three counts of tax-related charges in a case filed by the National Board of Revenue, reports bdnews24.com.
But the former chief whip-now on the run-will have to serve a maximum of five years as the jail terms will run concurrently.
Hasanat will have to serve another six months in prison in failure to pay a fine of Tk 4.0 million (40 lakh), judge Amar Kumar Roy ruled.
The judge also ordered attachment of his property worth over Tk 6.5 million.
The charges against Hasanat are tax-evasion, failure to pay income tax and submission of false information about income.
NBR's assistant tax commissioner Md Safiul Azam filed the case on October 25 last.
But the former chief whip-now on the run-will have to serve a maximum of five years as the jail terms will run concurrently.
Hasanat will have to serve another six months in prison in failure to pay a fine of Tk 4.0 million (40 lakh), judge Amar Kumar Roy ruled.
The judge also ordered attachment of his property worth over Tk 6.5 million.
The charges against Hasanat are tax-evasion, failure to pay income tax and submission of false information about income.
NBR's assistant tax commissioner Md Safiul Azam filed the case on October 25 last.