NBR's hunt for rogue vehicle importers remains hazy
Investigation against rogue vehicles importers by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has remained incomplete, as the agency failed to get any clue behind a sudden influx of imported vehicles at Chittagong Seaport just before this fiscal year's budget announcement.
Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the NBR was assigned to investigate the matter and the cell targeted five big importers to unearth the reason behind the huge imports of vehicles.
“It is regretful that we could not resolve the matter till today, but we are optimistic to get a result very soon,” NBR Chairman Muhammad Abdul Mazid told the news agency over telephone.
Three of the five big importers are based in Chittagong and two others in Dhaka.
The CIC is now investigating from two aspects--one from income tax and another from customs duty, according to the NBR sources.
The NBR has launched the investigation to find out whether there was any import of brand new cars through Chittagong seaport undercover of reconditioned vehicles.
The sudden rise in imports of the reconditioned cars just before announcement of the budget prompted the NBR chairman to make a surprise visit to Chittagong Seaport on June 18.
Chairman of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) Sunil Kanti Bose and Director General of Central Intelligence Cell Aminur Rahman accompanied the NBR chief.
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