The National Board of Revenue has suspended one of its assistant tax commissioners after found guilty of corruption.
Zahidul Islam, posted in circle 103 under income tax zone-5 Dhaka, faced the punishment yesterday after the Central Intelligence Cell of NBR found his involvement in tax evasion, Syed A Mumen, NBR’s public relations officer, told the Dhaka Tribune.
The Internal Resources Division under finance ministry has issued a suspension order against the official. In a recent drive, the CIC raided Zahidul’s office and found him concealing wealth information of a taxpayer in exchange for financial benefits.
Then the CIC went to recommend taking action against the official. This is for the first time the intelligence cell of NBR conducted a drive against one of its own officials.
