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Dulu, Salim sued for income tax evasion

Court Correspondent
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday filed two separate cases against former deputy minister for land Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu and ex-BNP lawmaker MAH Salim for dodging income tax.
Dulu was sued for evadingTk 10 lakh in income tax from 1983 to 2005 while Salim, also former president of Bangladesh Association for International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA), for dodging Tk 9.37 crore in income tax from 1993 to 2006.
DULU CASE
NBR Assistant Tax commissioner Hafiz Al Asad filed the case with the Senior Special Judge's Court against the former deputy minister for land for committing the offence.
NBR said Dulu evaded tax upon his income of Tk 23,437,501 from 1983 to2005. Judge Azizul Haque took it into cognisance after the hearing and directed the jail authorities to produce Dulu before the court on July 8.
In his complaint, Asad mentioned that Dulu evaded a total of Tk 10,37,522 in income tax.
Dulu gave false information about his real income and expenditure to the income tax department, the complainant added.
Dulu surrendered before the Dhaka District and Sessions Judge's Court on February 20 last year, seeking safe custody after six cases were filed against him the same year.
He had been earlier convicted of patronising outlawed militant outfit Jamaa’tul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and other criminal activities,
SAI IM CASE
NBR Assistant Tax Commissioner Moniruzzaman filed thecase against Salim, also the chairman of private TV channel Channel 1, with the Dhaka Senior Special Judge's Court for committing the offence.
NBR said Salim evaded tax upon his income of I k 375,010.937 from 1993 to 2006.
Judge Azizul Haque recorded the statement of the complainant and took it into cognisance. He directed the jail authorities to produce Salim before the court on July 8.
In his order, the judge said he passed the order as the charges brought against Salim under the Income Tax Ordinance 1984 were found to be true.
In his complaint. Moniruzzaman mentioned that Salim had evaded a total of Tk 93,752,737 in income tax.
Salim, the proprietor of Silver Line Association and M / s Sundarban Air Travels, repeatedly gave false information about his real income and expenditure to the income tax department, the com plainant said.
On May 27, Salim was sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for extortingTk 12 lakh from the owner of a construction firm in September 2006. Fie was also awarded another five years' RI for extorting Ik 10 lakh from the same person in 2003.
The joint forces arrested Salim on March 7 last year. Nine cases were filed against him on different charges including extortion, tax evasion and graft.