BNP ex-minister Zia gets 8 yrs in jail, Dipjal 8 more yrs
Friday, 30 November 2007
A special court trying high-society corruption suspects Thursday sentenced fugitive former LGRD state minister and BNP leader Ziaul Huq Zia to eight years imprisonment for tax-dodging and covering up his real wealth, reports UNB.
Moreover, the court ordered confiscation of his movable and immovable property, including two houses in his home-district Laxmipur, shares of a CNG-filling station, and furniture of his Dhaka house. The court also fined the convict to pay Tk 20 million or suffer one year and six months more in prison.
Judge Begum Shamsunnahar delivered the verdict, after examining the prosecution witnesses and records during the trial in absentia.
On September 23, Assistant Commissioner of Taxes at the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Farzana Sultana filed the case against Ziaul Huq on charges of evading income tax for years, payable on the concealed property and wealth.
"The jail sentence will come into force on his arrest or surrender to the court," said the court order.
Meanwhile, another report of bdnews24.com said, a Dhaka court dealing with high-profile corruption cases Thursday sentenced BNP ward commissioner and film actor Monwar Hossain Dipjal to eight years in jail for tax evasion.
Judge Amar Kumar Roy of Special Judge's Court-2 set up at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban also fined Dipjal Tk 35 million, and said, the convict will face another six months in jail on failure to pay. The court also ordered confiscation of his assets amounting to Tk 120 million.
The sentence comes into force from the day of Dipjal's arrest or surrender, as he has so far evaded arrest. The actor got five years for concealing wealth information and three years for falsifying his income tax statement. Dipjal, in effect, will have to serve eight years behind bars, as the sentences will run simultaneously.
On July 26, he was sentenced to 17 years in jail for illegal possession of arms and ammunition. He and his wife Romana were both sentenced to seven years on Aug 20 in a separate arms case. Romana is currently serving her sentence in jail.
The NBR filed the tax-dodge case against Dipjal with the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court for Dhaka on Sept 18. The court issued an arrest warrant against him the same day.
According to case details, Dipjal concealed asset information of Tk 120 million from tax years 1998-99 and 2006-07, and evaded paying Tk 2.6 million in taxes. Charges were framed in the Special Judge's Court on Oct 18, and 61 witnesses testified until Nov 21.
Moreover, the court ordered confiscation of his movable and immovable property, including two houses in his home-district Laxmipur, shares of a CNG-filling station, and furniture of his Dhaka house. The court also fined the convict to pay Tk 20 million or suffer one year and six months more in prison.
Judge Begum Shamsunnahar delivered the verdict, after examining the prosecution witnesses and records during the trial in absentia.
On September 23, Assistant Commissioner of Taxes at the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Farzana Sultana filed the case against Ziaul Huq on charges of evading income tax for years, payable on the concealed property and wealth.
"The jail sentence will come into force on his arrest or surrender to the court," said the court order.
Meanwhile, another report of bdnews24.com said, a Dhaka court dealing with high-profile corruption cases Thursday sentenced BNP ward commissioner and film actor Monwar Hossain Dipjal to eight years in jail for tax evasion.
Judge Amar Kumar Roy of Special Judge's Court-2 set up at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban also fined Dipjal Tk 35 million, and said, the convict will face another six months in jail on failure to pay. The court also ordered confiscation of his assets amounting to Tk 120 million.
The sentence comes into force from the day of Dipjal's arrest or surrender, as he has so far evaded arrest. The actor got five years for concealing wealth information and three years for falsifying his income tax statement. Dipjal, in effect, will have to serve eight years behind bars, as the sentences will run simultaneously.
On July 26, he was sentenced to 17 years in jail for illegal possession of arms and ammunition. He and his wife Romana were both sentenced to seven years on Aug 20 in a separate arms case. Romana is currently serving her sentence in jail.
The NBR filed the tax-dodge case against Dipjal with the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court for Dhaka on Sept 18. The court issued an arrest warrant against him the same day.
According to case details, Dipjal concealed asset information of Tk 120 million from tax years 1998-99 and 2006-07, and evaded paying Tk 2.6 million in taxes. Charges were framed in the Special Judge's Court on Oct 18, and 61 witnesses testified until Nov 21.