Court summons Hashem, family members
A Dhaka court yesterday summoned former BNP lawmaker and Partex Group Chairman MA Hashem and seven others to appear before it on May 25 in a tax evasion case.
Judge Mohammad Zohurul Hoque passed the order after National Board of Revenue (NBR) filed the case against Hashem and seven others with Senior Special Judge's Court on Tuesday.
The others accused include Hashem's wife Sultana Hashem and sons Aziz-al Kaiser, Aziz-al Mahmud, Aziz-al Masud, Shawkat Aziz, Ashfaq Aziz and Partex General Manager (finance and accounts) Joynal Abedin.
NBR Deputy Tax Commissioner Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman mentioned in the case that the accused dodged tax amounting to Tk 13 crore from fiscal year 2005-2006 to 2008-2009.
In the complaint, Ashrafuzzaman also stated the accused concealed information about the income of Tk 53.64 crore in their tax returns and also provided false information about the expenditure of the company.
Earlier, two more tax evasion cases were filed against the accused.
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