Tax official suspended for allegedly taking Tk 38 lakh bribe
The Internal Resources Division (IRD) today suspended an
assistant commissioner of taxes for allegedly handing over income tax documents
in exchange for a bribe of Tk 38 lakh.
The
suspended official, Jannatul Ferdous Mitu, was serving at Tax Zone-5, Dhaka.
She is accused of transferring the majority of a taxpayer's
previous income tax records, belonging to Salah Uddin Ahmed, to his designated
tax lawyer in exchange for the bribe, according to the order.
The
documents reportedly included previously submitted income tax returns, order
sheets, tax assessment orders, appeal tribunal decisions, and other related
records.
Mitu has
been made an officer on special duty and attached to the NBR headquarters, the
IRD order added.
This
correspondent could not immediately reach Mitu for comment.