Tax official sent to jail for swindling money
A court in Khulna on Thursday sent a tax official to jail in a case filed for swindling around Tk 3.47 crore of government.
He is Md Mezbah Uddin Ahmed, assistant income tax commissioner (AITC) of Circle-10 in Khulna Tax Zone.
District and Sessions Judge's Court passed the order.
Md Shaon Mia, assistant director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) produced Mezbah Uddin before the court with a seven day remand prayer.
Earlier, ACC has arrested suspended AITC Md Mesbah Uddin Ahmed on Wednesday on charge of swindling Tk 3,47,34,429 of government.
Md Shaon Mia filed a case against Mesbah Uddin Ahmed with ACC coordinate district office in this connection.
According to the case, AITC Mesbah has embezzled Tk 3.47 crore of income tax revenue without depositing at the government fund. The case narrated that the tax official has entrusted of income tax revenue after collecting tax from different payers in Khulna Zone last fiscal year.
Earlier, he has been suspended after ACC filed an allegation against him to Md Tarif Uddin, deputy income tax commissioner of Khulna Income Tax Zone.
