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A corrupt taxman and his ‘blessed’ in-laws
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“It’s a real miracle,” Rahman said, adding that the per square foot price in Siddheshwari ranges from Tk 10,000-15,000, and the actual market value of Faisal’s flat is at least Tk 3 crore.
Besides, at least Tk 25 lakh more is required for parking space, he added.
Meanwhile, Momtaz Begum’s fortune turned bright in February 2022 when she acquired 10 kathas of land in Meradia for Tk 52 lakh.
ACC believes the actual market value of the property is Tk 4.5 crore.
Besides, Faisal’s father-in-law purchased a flat for Tk 1 crore from Rupayan Housing Estate in the city’s Ramna area.
These are just the tips of the iceberg. The story goes even deeper.
For example, Faisal and his 11 relatives conducted transactions worth crores through 87 accounts across 19 banks and one non-bank financial institution.
The largest volume of transactions, amounting to Tk 11.57 crore, was found in the account of his father-in-law, a retired bank officer, who has eight bank accounts.
Faisal’s mother-in-law Momtaz Begum, a homemaker, has 10 bank accounts, and transactions amounting to Tk 7 crore were spotted in these accounts.
ACC is now investigating how Faisal’s father-in-law acquired so much wealth.
But Faisal didn’t forget his wife Jesmin. She owns five kathas of land in Boro Kathaldia Mouza in Bhatara area, “valued” at Tk 18.17 lakh.
However, during the investigation, the ACC found the market value of this land to be Tk 75 lakh.
Moreover, there is also land “worth” Tk 7.5 lakh in Purbachal New Town, but the ACC has not disclosed its true value yet.
As for Faisal himself, he owns approximately 15.5 kathas of land spread across five places in Dhaka and Narayanganj, which he valued at Tk 40.29 lakh.
However, the ACC’s investigators have stated that these land values have been significantly undervalued.
Faisal and his wife had also bought a five-katha plot from the Jolshiri Housing Project in Khilgaon, while his wife bought another five-katha plot for Tk 75 lakh from East-West Development.
Faisal has six accounts, which had transactions amounting to Tk 5.21 crore. Jesmin, a homemaker, has five bank accounts where transactions worth Tk 2.25 crore took place.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court ordered the seizure of Faisal’s assets, including plots, flats, and bank accounts, which include 19 bank accounts and 87 financial institution accounts held by 11 of his relatives.
The seized assets, both movable and immovable, are valued at approximately Tk 17 crore as shown in official documents by Faisal and his family members.
However, ACC officials claimed in court that those properties were undervalued and they amount to no less than Tk 20 crore.
Faisal also purchased savings certificates worth Tk 2.55 crore between June 2019 and November 2023 in his and his family’s names.
The allegations against Faisal include taking bribes for transferring income tax officials, intimidating taxpayers, and other irregularities.
ACC decided to investigate Faisal last year.
Faisal joined NBR in 2005 as a BCS cadre in the post of assistant tax commissioner.

In police, all benefits
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113 officials of the 36th BCS and 97 officials of the 37th BCS are still waiting after six and five years, respectively. Promotions for the 35th and 36th BCS batches won’t be possible until 2027, and the 37th BCS until after 2030.
Creating these posts would cost an additional Tk 2.71 crore.
Officials of the 35th and 36th BCS have held several meetings with the home minister, IGP, and top police officials to demand promotions.
“We were supposed to be promoted after five years, but we are not getting it even after seven years of service. The officials of 35th and 36th BCS, who joined other cadres like admin, foreign, and even Ansar, got promotions at least a year back,” said an official of 35th BCS police.
Abul Fazal Mir, joint secretary (police-1) of the public security division of home ministry, said, “Creating supernumerary posts is a policy-level issue. It requires approval from other ministries like public administration, so nothing can be said right away about the application.”
According to PHQ, there are around 3,146 cadre posts in the police. This includes one IGP, two additional IGPs (grade-1), 20 additional IGPs (grade-2), 87 DIGs (grade-3), 201 additional DIGs (grade-4), 596 SPs (grade-5), 1,008 additional SPs (grade-6), and 1,231 ASPs (grade-9).
Last year, PHQ sought 529 supernumerary posts for IG, DIG, additional DIG, and SP promotions.
But public administration ministry created 342 such posts, causing dissatisfaction among cops.
On September 19, the home ministry applied for more posts, leading the public administration ministry to approve eight additional IGP and 15 DIG posts on October 23.