Case Against Babar
Hearing deferred for seventh time
A Dhaka court yesterday for the seventh time deferred the hearing on charge framing till January 30 against former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar in connection with a tax evasion case.
Judge (In charge) Mozammel Hossain of the Special Judge's Court-5 passed the order after Babar's lawyer submitted a petition seeking adjournment of the hearing.
Babar was produced before the court during the hearing.
In the petition, lawyer said their client had earlier filed an appeal with the High Court (HC) challenging the legality of the proceeding of the case. The HC then issued a rule upon the government asking to explain why the proceeding of the case would not be declared illegal. But the rule hearing is now pending. So, the lawyer prayed for adjournment of the hearing, lawyer added.
National Board of Revenue (NBR) filed the case against Babar for dodging Tk 2.65 crore income tax from 1999-2000 to 2008-09 fiscal years.
NBR in its case statement mentioned that Babar, director of Master Electronics Industries Limited, evaded Tk 2,65,44,122 in income tax on his income of Tk 8,06,80,122 from his firm for the fiscal years 1999-2000 to 2008-2009.
Babar accused in a dozen of cases, was also shown arrested in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack cases, former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria killing case, bomb blast case in Narayanganj and ten-truck arms case and remanded for several times in those cases.
He was earlier sentenced to 17 years' rigorous imprisonment in connection with a case filed for possessing illegal firearms and ammunition at his residence.
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