Arrest warrant against Bulu for tax evasion
A Dhaka court yesterday issued an arrest warrant against former commerce adviser Barkat Ullah Bulu after the National Board of Revenue (NBR) filed a Tk 18.29 lakh tax evasion case against him.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has pressed charges against two sons of detained Awami League (AL) leader Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir in connection with cases filed for failing to submit their wealth statements to the commission on time.
NBR Assistant Tax Commissioner Mortuza Shariful Islam yesterday filed the case with the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court against the former BNP lawmaker.
NBR showed Bulu's tax evasion upon his income of Tk 70,99,851 for the years 2002 to 2006.
After hearing the case, Judge Mohammad Azizul Haque recorded the statement of the complainant, took it into cognisance, and issued an arrest warrant against the accused.
The court also fixed October 23 for next hearing of the case.
The judge said he passed the order as the charges brought against Bulu under the Income Tax Ordinance 1984 were found to be true. In his complaint, Mortuza mentioned that Bulu has evaded paying a total of Tk 18.29 lakh in income tax.
Bulu repeatedly gave false information to the income tax department about his real income and expenditure, the complainant stated.
Earlier on August 25, Bulu and family members were charged with amassing wealth worth Tk 3.23 crore illegally and concealing information about their wealth.
The ACC filed the graft case against the three with Ramna Police Station on January 7 this year.
Bulu, also the president of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, in his wealth statement submitted to the ACC on July 30 last, declared owning wealth worth Tk 1.2 crore, while his wife Shamima Akhter was shown owning Tk 1.23 crore and son Tk 49.41 lakh only.
CASE AGAINST ALAMGIR'S SONS
ACC Assistant Director Towfiqul Islam, also the investigation officer (IO) of the cases, submitted the charge sheets against Jalal Alamgir and Joy Alamgir, to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka.
The IO prayed for issuance of arrest warrants against them and the order to attach their properties, as they have been absconding since the cases were filed.
On June 11 this year, the ACC filed the cases with Gulshan Police Station against the two brothers, as they failed to submit their wealth statements to the commission.
The commission on April 27 this year issued notices asking Jalal and Joy to submit their wealth statements by May 6. But they did not comply with the order.
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