NBR asks banks for account info of 54
Staff Correspondent
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday asked different commercial banks to submit account information of 54 individuals including business tycoon Abdul Awal Mintoo, former AL lawmakers Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury Liton, Rafiqul Anwar, Barisal Mayor and BNP leader Mujibur Rahman Sarwar, and their relatives, by July 12.The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the NBR sent separate letters to the banks seeking account details of these people. Others include Dr Firoz Mahmud Iqbal, assignment officer of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, Molla Abul Kalam Azad, a trade union leader of Bangladesh Water Development Board, and their relatives. The letters directed the banks to provide the account statements of last 6 years till the last printout of the audit trial. The banks will have to provide detailed information about transactions made through personal account, joint account, current account, foreign currency account, savings account, credit account, and credit cards, as per the directives. Sources said that the revenue board would match the tax returns against the transaction reports to learn the sources of these people's income and check if they have been involved in tax evasion. The steps came in keeping with the caretaker government's ongoing anti-graft crackdown.
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