Arrest order issued against Hasnat Abdullah
Friday, 26 October 2007
A Dhaka court Thursday issued an arrest order against AL leader and former chief whip Abul Hasnat Abdullah in a tax evasion case filed by the National Board of Revenue (NBR), reports bdnews 24.com.
Assistant tax commissioner Md Shafiul Azam filed the case with Dhaka Senior Special Judge's Court Thursday.
Judge Md Azizul Haq took the deposition of the Azam, took the case into cognisance and issued the arrest warrant.
Hasnat Abdullah, chairman of Prudential Textiles Ltd and adviser to Kanta Corporation (Pvt) Ltd, is now evading arrest.
The case alleged that he did not submit income tax returns in the tax years 2002-03 and 2003-04 though he had declarable income.
In his assets and liabilities statement for the three tax years to 2007, he showed his house at Lake Circus in Dhaka was purchased for Tk 3.0 million. But he did not show the investment he had made in construction of the five-storey building attached to it.
The case details stated that he also concealed his income from house rent during the three tax years.
Hasnat Abdullah concealed information about 39,000 US dollars and 40 bhoris of gold ornaments kept in the locker at Barisal corporate branch of Sonali Bank.
Assistant tax commissioner Md Shafiul Azam filed the case with Dhaka Senior Special Judge's Court Thursday.
Judge Md Azizul Haq took the deposition of the Azam, took the case into cognisance and issued the arrest warrant.
Hasnat Abdullah, chairman of Prudential Textiles Ltd and adviser to Kanta Corporation (Pvt) Ltd, is now evading arrest.
The case alleged that he did not submit income tax returns in the tax years 2002-03 and 2003-04 though he had declarable income.
In his assets and liabilities statement for the three tax years to 2007, he showed his house at Lake Circus in Dhaka was purchased for Tk 3.0 million. But he did not show the investment he had made in construction of the five-storey building attached to it.
The case details stated that he also concealed his income from house rent during the three tax years.
Hasnat Abdullah concealed information about 39,000 US dollars and 40 bhoris of gold ornaments kept in the locker at Barisal corporate branch of Sonali Bank.