Staff Correspondent:

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sought the wealth statements from 17 officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), following allegations of accumulating wealth through illegal means.

ACC Director General Akhtar Hossain said this while addressing a press conference held at its Segunbagicha headquarters in Dhaka on Tuesday.

The move was taken as the ACC, during its investigation, obtained information about the assets they earned through a dishonest way, he said.

The officials asked to submit their wealth statements include former Tax Commissioner Lutful Azim, former Additional Director General (CIC) Alamgir Hossain, Joint Commissioner Tariq Hasan, Additional Commissioner Sadhan Kumar Kundu, Commissioner of Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate Kazi Md. Zia Uddin, Commissioner of Railway Customs Kamruzzaman, Additional Commissioner of VAT Commissionerate, Large Taxpayers Unit, Abdur Rashid Mia, Deputy Tax Commissioner of Tax Zone-16 Mohammad Shihabul Islam, Additional Tax Commissioner of Tax Zone-8 Mirza Ashiq Rana, Joint Tax Commissioner of BCS Tax Academy Mohammad Morshed Uddin Khan, Deputy Tax Commissioner of Tax Zone-16 Monalisa Shahreen Sushmita, Member (Income Tax Policy) A.K.M. Badiul Alam, Additional Commissioner of VAT Audit, Intelligence and Investigation Directorate Hasan Tarek Rikabdar, Additional Commissioner Mohammad Mamun Mia, Additional Commissioner of Intelligence Unit Sahela Siddique, Commissioner of the Tax Appellate Tribunal Lokman Ahmed and Commissioner of Tax Zone-3 M.M. Fazlul Haque.

During the press conference, the ACC DG said that after conducting a primary investigation, it was found that these officials possess assets inconsistent with their legitimate sources of income in their own names or the names of others on their behalf.

In the context, the commission has asked the NBR officials to submit their wealth statement along with valid documents, he said.