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Tarique sued for tax dodging

Star Report
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday sued detained BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman for dodging Tk 26.86 lakh in income tax from 2002 to 2006.
NBR Deputy Tax Commissioner Samia Akhter filed the case against Tarique, elder son of detained former premier Khaleda Zia, with the Dhaka Senior Special Judge's Court showing 12 people as prosecution witnesses.
After the hearing, Judge FROM PAGE 1
Mohammad Azizu) Haque recorded the complainant's statement, took the charges into cognisance and directed the jail authorities to produce Tarique before the court on August 7.
The judge said he passed the order as the charges brought against Tarique under the Income Tax Ordinance 1984 were found to be true.
In her complaint, Samia mentioned that Tarique concealed information about his wealth worth Tk 10,747,125 from the NBR department.
Tarique repeatedly gave false information to the income tax department about his real income and expenditure, the complainant said.
In his income tax return, Tarique did not show Tk 432,500 spent for registering 10 kathas of land at the Bashundhara residential project in the name of his daughter Jaima Rahman.
Tarique also concealed balance of Tk7,708,056deposited in his name at
■ different banks from fiscal veero2OO3 t< . Tn his income tax return, Tarique did not give information about his 2.1 acres of agricultural land at Shailkanda in Bogra and Tk 20 lakh deposited as FDR with the Dhaka Bank Banani Branch in the name of his daughter Jaima, the complainant added.
Tarique, accused in 15 other cases including graft and extortion, was arrested from his mother's cantonment residence on March 7 last year. BRIBERY CASE AGAINST TARIQUE, BABAR The High Court (HC) yesterday directed Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) counsel advocate Anisul Huq to submit the medical reports ofTarique Rahman to it by August 7 for examining those.
An HC bench of Justice Sharif Uddin Chaklader and Justice Md Emdadul Haque Azad also asked the prosecution not to run during the period the proceedings of the case filed for takingTk 21 crore in bribe to cover up the murder of Bashundhara Group director Humayun Kabir
Sabbir. ■
The ordervqne during the hearing of the petition filed by Tarique for quashing the case proceedings against him.
Tarique's counsel barrister Rafique-ul Huq told the court that his client is seriously ill and he should be granted bail on medical grounds.
However, Anisul Huq told the court that the jail authorities have already taken steps to provide Tarique with medical treatment.
ACC Deputy Assistant Director Abul Kashem filed the bribery case with Ramna Police Station on October 4 last year against six people including former state minister for home Lu tfozzaman Babar.
Tne ACC pressed charges against Tarique, Babar and six others in the caseonMay6.
The case is pending with the special court of Judge Shahed Noor Uddin at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban Complex.
Tarique filed the petition with the HC on May 25 for quashing the case proceedings against him and getting bail.