Ex-addl IGP gets six yrs in jail
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
A special court, trying high-profile corrupt suspects, Monday sentenced ex-additional IGP M Shahidullah Khan to six years' imprisonment in absentia for evading income tax and concealing his wealth information, reports UNB.
Judge M Ashraf Hossain sentenced him to five years' in jail for tax evasion and one year for concealing information in his wealth statement.
The court also fined him Tk 0.7 million (Tk 7 lakh).
However, the convict will have to suffer in jail for five years after his arrest or surrender, as the sentences would run concurrently, court sources said.
The former additional IGP was charged with concealing his income of Tk 76,53,020 in the tax return and thus, evaded income tax of Tk 16,54,832.
Assistant Commissioner of Taxes Nahid Nawshad filed the case with the CMM Court for submitting false income statement and concealing real income.
Earlier, the special court jailed Shahidullah's wife Masuda Khanam tried in absentia for six years on the same charges.
Judge M Ashraf Hossain sentenced him to five years' in jail for tax evasion and one year for concealing information in his wealth statement.
The court also fined him Tk 0.7 million (Tk 7 lakh).
However, the convict will have to suffer in jail for five years after his arrest or surrender, as the sentences would run concurrently, court sources said.
The former additional IGP was charged with concealing his income of Tk 76,53,020 in the tax return and thus, evaded income tax of Tk 16,54,832.
Assistant Commissioner of Taxes Nahid Nawshad filed the case with the CMM Court for submitting false income statement and concealing real income.
Earlier, the special court jailed Shahidullah's wife Masuda Khanam tried in absentia for six years on the same charges.