ILO returns duty-free car to customs

The country office of International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Dhaka yesterday handed over a car, brought in Bangladesh under a duty-free facility, to the officials of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID).

The ILO officials handed over a white Toyota sedan at its Gulshan-1 country office around 1:00pm, said Moinul Khan, director general of CIID. 

The handover came four days after the CIID sought information from the World Bank about 16 vehicles its officials brought in the country under a duty-free facility. 

The car was used by an official working as an international specialist in ILO, Bangladesh, from June 17 in 2008 to December 31, 2016, Moinul said. 

While working in Bangladesh, he bought the car for personal use under the duty-free facility.

Customs Intelligence has recently become active against illegal use of duty-free vehicles by different international organisations. Being respectful of the law, the ILO handed over the car, CIID release said.

According to the law, the ILO official was supposed to return the pass book and the car to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) before he left Bangladesh.