Tax Evasion Case
ETV chairman gets bail
A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to Ekushey Television Ltd (ETV) Chairman Abdus Salam after his surrender in a tax evasion case filed by National Board of Revenue (NBR).
Judge Md Zahirul Haque of Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka granted him bail upon a bond of Tk 20,000 with two guarantors.
The court fixed October 9 for hearing on charge framing against him.
On August 12, the judge asked Abdus Salam to appear before it yesterday after Bazlur Rahman Khan, deputy tax commissioner of the NBR, filed the case against him.
The case statement said the ETV chairman evaded tax upon his income of Tk 17.64 crore in 2006-2007 and 2009-2010 fiscal years.
Earlier on March 25, the ETV chairman and its managing director Ashraful Alam got bail in another case, for not submitting their tax returns within a stipulated time.
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