Banani rape prime accused Shafat's Mercedes Benz seized for tax fraud

Customs Intelligence Investigation Directorate (CIID) has seized a luxurious car in Sylhet that reportedly belongs to Banani rape prime accused Shafat Ahmed, the son of Apan Jewellers' owner Dildar Ahmed. CIID officials confiscated the Mercedes Benz, worth Tk1.5 crore, from Sylhet town's East Zindabazar area on a tax evasion charge of around Tk15 lakh. CIID Assistant Commissioner Prabhat Kumar Singha of Sylhet said that, based on a tip-off, they raided a home owned by Dildar's maternal uncle to seize the car on Tuesday. The vehicle was seized in a CIID raid at the home of the uncle of Apan Jeweller's owner Dildar Ahmed on March 23, 2017  Dhaka TribuneAccording to a primary investigation, the car was manufactured in 2002, but the year of production, as mentioned in its registration papers, is 2011. Import policy in Bangladesh does not allow the purchase of cars that are more than five years old.The development came just 12 days after Shafat and Shadman Sakif, another suspect in the rape case, were arrested from the city's Pathantula area.

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Shafat, Nayem Ashraf, Sakif, Shafat’s driver Billal Hossain and bodyguard Rahmat Ali are accused of raping two university students on March 28 at The Raintree Hotel in Dhaka. Meanwhile, the CIID is probing Dildar's alleged link to gold smuggling.