Jalil discharged from case

A Dhaka court yesterday discharged former Awami League (AL) General Secretary Abdul Jalil from a tax dodge case filed against him by National Board of Revenue (NBR) in 2009.
After hearing the discharge petition, Judge FM Aminul Islam of the Special Judge Court-1 passed the order in presence of the AL leader.
In his order, Aminul said as he (Jalil) had earlier paid all the income tax, he was discharged from the case.
Jalil's lawyers on January 18 submitted a petition seeking discharge of Jalil from the case saying that their client had earlier paid all the income tax imposed on him by the NBR.
Earlier on October 15, 2009, Deputy Tax Commissioner Bazlur Rahman Khan filed the case against Jalil in connection with dodging income tax of Tk 4 lakh.