Court orders handing over Kazi Zafarullah, family's tax records to CID
The order followed an application submitted by Sub-Inspector Dipto Roy of the CID’s Financial Crime Wing.
A Dhaka court ordered Tax Zone-8 to provide the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) with the income tax returns of Awami League praesidium member Kazi Zafarullah and his family members.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Faez issued the order after a hearing today (18 November), directing the tax authorities to supply the requested documents.
The order followed an application submitted by Sub-Inspector Dipto Roy of the CID's Financial Crime Wing.
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In the application, the officer stated that Zafarullah and "persons associated with his interests" had acquired "a huge amount of movable and immovable assets" through money laundering offences involving deception, forgery, and extortion.
The application also mentioned allegations of money laundering to several countries, including the British Virgin Islands, the United Kingdom, and Dubai, in the names of Zafarullah and individuals and institutions linked to him.
According to the CID submission, obtaining the income tax returns and related documents of Zafarullah, his wife Nilufer Zafarullah, sons Kazi Omar Zafar and Kazi Raihan Zafar, and daughter Anushka Mehrin Zafar — covering the period from 2008 to 2025 — is necessary for a fair and impartial investigation.
Judge Faez instructed Tax Zone-8 to provide copies of the documents to the CID as part of its ongoing inquiry.
