A courtroom this day (27 November) exempted BNP Performing Chairman Tarique Rahman from a case filed by the Nationwide Board of Income (NBR) for alleged tax evasion.
Judge Rezaul Karim of Dhaka Special Judge Court docket-10 passed the suppose this day as it chanced on the allegations brought in opposition to the BNP chief “imaginary and fabricated”.
Then deputy commissioner Samia Akter of Dhaka Taxes Zone-6 filed the case on 28 July 2008, for evading taxes of Tk26.86 lakh. The complainant had alleged that Tarique from 2002 to 2006 had made an profits of Tk1.07 crore from diversified sources nevertheless failed to pay Tk26.86 lakh in taxes in opposition to that profits.
