ACC Seeks Wealth Statements of 17 NBR Officials Amid Corruption Allegations

Khabor Wala Desk

Published: 19th August 2025, 12:11 PM

ACC Seeks Wealth Statements of 17 NBR Officials Amid Corruption Allegations

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has demanded detailed wealth statements from 17 senior officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), following findings of illicit asset accumulation during an ongoing probe.

On Tuesday (19 August), ACC Director General Md Akhter Hossain announced the decision at a press conference held at the organisation’s headquarters in Dhaka.

He stated that under Section 26(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 and Rule 17 of the ACC Rules, 2007, the officials have been ordered to submit statements of assets and liabilities in the prescribed format.

Officials Asked to Submit Wealth Statements

The following NBR members and commissioners have been directed to provide their declarations:

Name	Designation	Unit/Department
Md Lutf ul Azim	Member	NBR
Md Almgir Hossain	Former Additional DG (CIC)	NBR
Md Tariq Hasan	Joint Commissioner	NBR
Sadhan Kumar Kundu	Additional Commissioner	NBR
Kazi Md Zia Uddin	Commissioner	Customs, Excise & VAT
Md Kamruzzaman	Commissioner	Railway Customs
Abdur Rashid Mia	Additional Commissioner	VAT Commissionerate, LTU
Md Shihabul Islam	Deputy Tax Commissioner	Tax Zone 16
Mirza Ashiq Rana	Additional Tax Commissioner	Tax Zone 8
Md Morshed Uddin Khan	Joint Tax Commissioner	BCS Tax Academy
Monalisa Shahreen Susmita	Deputy Tax Commissioner	Tax Zone 16
A K M Badiul Alam	Member (Income Tax Policy)	NBR
Hasan Tarek Rikabdar	Additional Commissioner	VAT Audit, Intelligence & Investigation Directorate
Md Mamun Mia	Additional Commissioner	NBR
Sahela Siddique	Additional Commissioner	Intelligence Unit
Lokman Ahmed	Commissioner	Tax Appellate Tribunal
M M Fazlul Haque	Tax Commissioner	Tax Zone 3

Corruption Allegations

According to ACC’s July decision to open an investigation, allegations suggest that several unscrupulous officials colluded with business owners to facilitate tax evasion, customs duty avoidance, and VAT irregularities in exchange for large bribes.

Officials reportedly reduced payable taxes for companies and individuals, enabling them to evade government revenue while personally profiting.
In some cases, officers allegedly harassed businesses by filing false tax evasion cases if bribes were not paid.
Taxpayers who paid advance or excess tax faced hurdles in refunds, with claims that officers demanded half of the refund amount as bribes or “gifts” before releasing payments.
Evidence and testimonies indicate that over years, these officials amassed substantial illegal wealth beyond their known sources of income.

This corruption, nepotism, and irregularity in revenue collection has reportedly deprived the government of billions of taka annually.

Institutional Context

On 12 May, the government dissolved the NBR and replaced it with two new divisions — Revenue Policy and Revenue Administration.
In protest, NBR officials staged a 14-day strike in May, later withdrawing after government assurances. However, demonstrations resumed in late June, before being suspended again on 29 June following mediation by business leaders.
Since then, the government has reportedly been taking action against officials involved in protests, while simultaneously investigating allegations of corruption against many others, including those who did not participate.