Banks asked to give accounts info of 45 persons, two firms
Friday, 20 July 2007
FE Report
The commercial banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) have been asked to provide information about bank accounts of 45 individuals and two establishments within a week.
The central intelligence cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has issued a letter to the banks and NBFIs asking the managing directors for taking necessary measures in this connection, official sources said.
The CIC asked the banks and NBFIs to provide updated information about current and savings accounts and credit cards of the persons since July 1, 2001, the sources added.
Besides, the income tax department of the NBR has issued a separate letter to the banks requesting the managing directors to provide bank statements of three individuals by July 31 aiming to find their actual tax assessment.
Most of the banks have already started collecting information on the accounts of the individuals and establishments, banking sector sources said.
The individuals include former state minister for law Barrister Shajahan Omer, former state minister for home affairs Lutforzaman Babar, former member of parliament (Khulna-1) and whip Ashraf Hossain and former chief engineer of the Roads and Highways Faijur Rahman.
Two establishments are SS Filing Station Limited at Mirpur and Sungor Textile Limited at Sonargaon Road, Bangla Motor in Dhaka.
The central bank has already asked the banks and NBFIs to cooperate with the law enforcing agencies through providing information about the transactions by the individuals.
Earlier, the NBR sought information about bank accounts of 55 individuals and nine establishments from the banks and NBFIs
The commercial banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) have been asked to provide information about bank accounts of 45 individuals and two establishments within a week.
The central intelligence cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has issued a letter to the banks and NBFIs asking the managing directors for taking necessary measures in this connection, official sources said.
The CIC asked the banks and NBFIs to provide updated information about current and savings accounts and credit cards of the persons since July 1, 2001, the sources added.
Besides, the income tax department of the NBR has issued a separate letter to the banks requesting the managing directors to provide bank statements of three individuals by July 31 aiming to find their actual tax assessment.
Most of the banks have already started collecting information on the accounts of the individuals and establishments, banking sector sources said.
The individuals include former state minister for law Barrister Shajahan Omer, former state minister for home affairs Lutforzaman Babar, former member of parliament (Khulna-1) and whip Ashraf Hossain and former chief engineer of the Roads and Highways Faijur Rahman.
Two establishments are SS Filing Station Limited at Mirpur and Sungor Textile Limited at Sonargaon Road, Bangla Motor in Dhaka.
The central bank has already asked the banks and NBFIs to cooperate with the law enforcing agencies through providing information about the transactions by the individuals.
Earlier, the NBR sought information about bank accounts of 55 individuals and nine establishments from the banks and NBFIs