The same court ordered attachment of all properties of fugitive Mirza Khokon, brother of Mirza Abbas, in a tax evasion case while detained former state minister for labour and employment Amanullah Aman was shown arrested yesterday in a tax evasion case.

Besides, charges were framed against detained Barisal City Corporation Mayor Majibor Rahman Sarwar in connection with a case filed for possessing illegal ammunition at his Gulshan residence.

CASES AGAINST ABBAS-AFROZA
Judge Mohammad Azizul Haq of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court issued the arrest warrants against Abbas and Afroza after two officials of the NBR filed three cases for evading huge income tax for years.

In his order, the judge said the charges brought against them were found to be true.

In the case statement, NBR's Deputy Tax Commissioner Rezaul Karim alleged that Mirza Abbas had evaded tax upon his income of Tk 2,24,68,059 for the years between 1990 and 2007.

In the case statements against Afroza, Nurul Amin, deputy tax commissioner of Tax Payers' Service Wing, mentioned that Afroza had evaded Tk 11,58,746 income tax as one of the directors of Dhaka Bank since 1997 to 2002.

She also evaded tax upon her income of Tk 4,67,95,634 for years from 2002 to 2007.

The court directed the authorities concerned to send copies of arrest warrants to Motijheel Police Station for implementation and submit reports on Tuesday and Wednesday.

KHOKON CASE
The same court yesterday ordered attachment of all properties of Mirza Khokon in connection with a case filed for evading Tk 2,26,216 tax during 2005 and 2006.

The court also ordered Motijheel police to submit report on attachment on Wednesday.

AMAN CASE
Aman was shown arrested yesterday in a case filed for evading tax upon his income of Tk 1,51,58,667 for the years from 1992 to 2006.

Judge of the same court passed the order after his lawyers submitted a petition showing Aman arrested in the case filed on July 30.

SARWAR CASE
Another Dhaka court framed charges against Sarwar in a case filed for possessing illegal ammunition at his Gulshan residence.

Sarwar pleaded not guilty and demanded justice before the court after Judge Nuruzzaman of the Special Tribunal-7 read out the charges.

The court fixed Wednesday for trial of the case and summoned complainant and other witnesses to appear before the court on the scheduled date.

The joint forces arrested Sarwar from his Salton Myers residence at Gulshan in the capital on May 29 and seized four bullets, Tk 4 lakh, gold ornaments weighing 50 tola and some documents.

ABBAS' MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
Judge Abu Mohsin of the Special Tribunal-6 could not frame charges against Abbas, as the jail authorities did not produce him in time in connection with a case filed for possessing huge local and foreign currencies at his Motijheel residence.

The court fixed Wednesday for next hearing of the case and directed authorities concerned to produce Abbas before the court in due time on the scheduled date.

SALAHUDDIN CASE
Judge Azizul Haq fixed tomorrow for next hearing of a graft case against detained BNP lawmaker Salahuddin Ahmed, his wife Shamsunnahar and his sons Imran Ahmed, Shahriar Ahmed and Tanvir Ahmed.

The case was filed on April 11 for concealing Tk 6,45,28,312 in their wealth statements submitted to the Anti-Corruption Commission.