Partex Group chairman gets bail in tax evasion case
A Dhaka court yesterday extended the bail term till April 7 to Partex Group Chairman MA Hashem and nine others including his wife and sons in a tax evasion case.
Judge (in-charge) Fozila Begum of the Metropolitan Session Judge's Court passed the order and set the hearing on charge framing against the accused on the same date, after the defendants submitted a petition seeking extension of bail term on its expiry yesterday.
The accused are Hashem's wife Sultana Hashem and five sons Aziz al Kaiser, Aziz al Mahmud, Aziz al Masud, Shawkat Aziz and Ashfaque Aziz who are directors of Partex Group's beverage company, while Rubel Aziz is its incumbent managing director.
The accused officials are the company's accounts officer Mozammel Haque and general manager (finance and accounts) Peyar Ahmed.
The defendants' counsel, Anisul Haq said the National Board of Revenue (NBR) would sit with the accused on April 6 for settling the matter, which is why they need an extension on their bail terms.
Earlier on February 28, another Dhaka court granted a one-month bail to Hashem and seven others in the case.
The NBR filed the tax evasion case against the accused on February 27. Later, after scrutinising the documents relating to tax evasion, the court issued arrest warrants against the accused.
In the complaint, Deputy Tax Commissioner of NBR Ayesha Siddiqua Shelly said the accused withheld information of around Tk 597 crore as income from the company in their tax returns for fiscal years 2005-06 and 2007-08. Moreover, they provided false information about the company's expenditure.
The court also fixed the same date for hearing on charge framing against Hashem in another tax evasion case.
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