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Court Correspondent

National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday sued detained Tarique Rahman, elder son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP, for concealing facts about his income and dodging income tax.

NBR Deputy Tax Commissioner Samia Akhter filed the case Monday with Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court of Dhaka accusing Tareque of concealing facts about his income to the tune of Taka 1,07,47,125 and dodging income tax on it to the tune of Taka 26,86,781 between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2005.

The complainant made 12 people witness in the case. Meanwhile, Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Azizul Haque took cognisane of the case and fixed August 7 to produce the accused before the court.

Complainant Samia filed the case under Sections 165, 166 of Income Tax Ordinance 1984 and section 15 of Emergency Power Rules 2007.

Advocate Hossain Kajal appeared before the court on behalf of the National Board of Revenue.