Arrest warrants against Amir Khasru, Shah Alam, 22 others
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge's court ordered Tuesday for issuing warrant of arrest for former commerce minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Bashundhara Group chairman Shah Alam and 22 others for failure to appear in a corruption case, reports UNB.
Former minister Mirza Abbas, who is now in prison in connection with a number of graft cases, is also an accused in the case, said a press release.
Others accused are senior officials of RAJUK and relevant government departments, reports UNB.
They have been accused of selling/buying 18 government houses at throwaway prices to accrue financial benefits and thus, inflicted a loss of more than Tk 1.2766 billion (Tk 127.66 crore) to the national exchequer.
bdnews24.com adds: A Dhaka special judge's court Tuesday set September 30 (Sunday) to pass judgement on the tax evasion case against Bashundhara Industrial Complex Ltd managing director Shah Alam, and his family.
Justice Shahed Nooruddin of Special Judge's Court-3 heard the prosecution arguments before he set the verdict date.
The other accused in the tax-evasion case are Bashundhara Industrial Complex Ltd, its directors Afroza Sobhan, Saadat Hossain, Shafayet Hossain, Nayeem Sobhan, deputy managing director Mostafizur Rahman and SM Quddus, director, Quddus and Company, an audit firm.
The Sunday verdict will dispose of the charges pressed against all the accused in the case except Mostafizur Rahman, as a higher court has stayed the charges levelled against him.
All the accused in the case except Mostafizur are on the run, the prosecution lawyers said.
The deputy commissioner of taxes of the National Board of Revenue, Kabiruddin Mollah, filed the case on July 25.
According to the case statement, the accused dodged paying Tk 82.7 million (Tk 8.27 crore) in taxes during the taxation years 2000-01 to 2006-07.
Auditor SM Quddus aided the accused in concealing their real income by tampering with income tax statements.
Former minister Mirza Abbas, who is now in prison in connection with a number of graft cases, is also an accused in the case, said a press release.
Others accused are senior officials of RAJUK and relevant government departments, reports UNB.
They have been accused of selling/buying 18 government houses at throwaway prices to accrue financial benefits and thus, inflicted a loss of more than Tk 1.2766 billion (Tk 127.66 crore) to the national exchequer.
bdnews24.com adds: A Dhaka special judge's court Tuesday set September 30 (Sunday) to pass judgement on the tax evasion case against Bashundhara Industrial Complex Ltd managing director Shah Alam, and his family.
Justice Shahed Nooruddin of Special Judge's Court-3 heard the prosecution arguments before he set the verdict date.
The other accused in the tax-evasion case are Bashundhara Industrial Complex Ltd, its directors Afroza Sobhan, Saadat Hossain, Shafayet Hossain, Nayeem Sobhan, deputy managing director Mostafizur Rahman and SM Quddus, director, Quddus and Company, an audit firm.
The Sunday verdict will dispose of the charges pressed against all the accused in the case except Mostafizur Rahman, as a higher court has stayed the charges levelled against him.
All the accused in the case except Mostafizur are on the run, the prosecution lawyers said.
The deputy commissioner of taxes of the National Board of Revenue, Kabiruddin Mollah, filed the case on July 25.
According to the case statement, the accused dodged paying Tk 82.7 million (Tk 8.27 crore) in taxes during the taxation years 2000-01 to 2006-07.
Auditor SM Quddus aided the accused in concealing their real income by tampering with income tax statements.