17 NBR officials asked to submit asset details

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has directed 17 National Board of Revenue (NBR) officials to submit their asset statements, ACC Director General Akhtar Hossain told reporters on Tuesday (August 19).

He said, “Initial investigations by the ACC have found that these officials possess illegal wealth.”

According to ACC sources, the officials include NBR member Md Lutful Azim; former additional director general (CIC) Md Alamgir Hossain; Joint Commissioner Md Tariq Hasan; Additional Commissioner Sadhan Kumar Kundu; Commissioner Kazi Md Zia Uddin of the Customs, Excise and VAT Commission; Commissioner Md Kamruzzaman of Railway Customs; Additional Commissioner Abdur Rashid Mia of the VAT Commissionerate, Large Taxpayer Unit; Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Shihabul Islam and Deputy Commissioner Monalisa Sharin Susmita of Tax Zone-16; Additional Commissioner Mirza Ashiq Rana of Tax Zone-8; Joint Commissioner Mohammad Morshed Uddin Khan of BCS Tax Academy; member (Income Tax Policy) AKM Badiul Alam; Additional Commissioner Hasan Tarek Rikabdar of the Audit, Intelligence and Investigation Department (Value Added Tax); Additional Commissioner Mohammad Mamun Mia; Additional Commissioner Sahela Siddique of the Intelligence Unit; Commissioner Lokman Ahmed of the Tax Appellate Tribunal; and Commissioner MM Fazlul Haque of Tax Zone-3.

Akhtar Hossain said the ACC’s review revealed assets held by these officials—or by others on their behalf—that could not be linked to legitimate sources of income. Therefore, the Commission has decided to require them to submit complete statements of their assets and liabilities.

Earlier, on June 29, the ACC initiated investigations against six NBR officials, followed by probes into five more on July 1 and another five on July 3.