Top 55 graft suspects hold at least 40 times more money in their bank accounts than the amounts declared in their last tax statements, an investigation into their deposits by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) reveals. NBR Chairman Badiur Rahman disclosed this to the press yesterday, adding that the undisclosed bank deposits of these people would total to more than Tk 100 crore, but he declined to reveal the actual amount.
Rahman was holding a meeting with tax officials at the NBR office where he invited the journalists as guests. Following the caretaker government's move against top graft suspects of the country, the NBR in early March asked all banks to freeze the accounts of 55. They include high profile politicians like barrister Moudud Ahmed, barrister Nazmul Huda, Mohammad Nasim, Mosaddak Ali Falu, Nasser Rahman, etc. "Now we will serve each of them with a notice to pay the due tax against these hidden deposits," NBR chairman told the reporters, "if they do not oblige, we will sue them." |