Cops raid Falu's house, but could not attach his wife's property
Staff Correspondent
Police yesterday raided former BNP lawmaker Mosaddak Ali Falu's Shahjahanpur residence to arrest his wife Mahbuba Sultana, but without any success since she was out of the house. The law enforcers could not attach any of her properties either as her belongings were not found in the house during the raid. A court had earlier issued an arrest warrant against Mahbuba Sultana and ordered to attach her properties. When a team of Motijheel police reached Falu's six-storey building at Shahjahanpur, they were told that Mahbuba had left the house at around 8:30am to consult with her lawyer. They also said Mahbuba usually lives in their other house at Banani, but for the last five days, she had been staying at Shahjahanpur. Police handed over a copy of the arrest warrant against Mahbuba to her relatives residing there. During the raid that lasted one and a half hours, police searched through the 1st floor flat of the building where Falu's close relatives lived and made a list of household items. Police said they did not attach any property because none of the properties they came across belonged to Falu's wife. A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered to attach properties of Mahbuba Sultana immediately in connection with a tax evasion case filed by the National Board of Revenue (NBR). Earlier on July 5, the same court issued the arrest warrant against her after Mohammad Masudur Rahman Masud, deputy tax commissioner of Tax Circle of the NBR, filed the case. According to the case statement, Mahbuba evaded Tk 1.58 crore in income tax from 2001 to 2006.
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