Published: 07:04 AM, 04 July 2025
ACC starts inquiries on another five NBR officials
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched fresh inquiries into five more officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), including commissioners, over allegations of graft and anomalies.
These five NBR officials are Kazi Muhammad Ziauddin, Dhaka East commissioner of customs, excise and VAT, Md Kamruzzaman, commissioner at Benapole Land Port, Mamun Mia, deputy tax commissioner, Sehela Siddiqua, additional tax commissioner and Lokman Ahmed, tax inspector.
ACC Deputy Director Akhterul Islam (Public Relations) disclosed the development on Thursday.
All five officials under the new inquiry were associated with last month's protests under the banner of the NBR Reform Unity Council, which called for the removal of NBR Chairman Abdur Rahman Khan. Sehela Siddiqua served as spokesperson for the panel of the NBR employees who have been agitating for last few weeks. Previously the ACC had announced on Sunday and Tuesday that it had initiated similar inquiries against 11 other NBR officials. Many of those individuals were identified as leaders of the "complete shutdown" movement.
According to ACC documents, "Certain corrupt members and officials are alleged to have facilitated large-scale tax evasion in exchange for hefty bribes. Taxpayers were allowed to underreport taxes, enabling both the officials and business owners to profit illegally."
ACC authorities said, "This malpractice results in massive annual losses to state revenue. In some cases, officials allegedly harass business owners with fabricated tax evasion cases when bribes were declined."
