NBR member Belal Chowdhury transferred after ACC files illegal wealth case
Mohammad Belal Hossain Chowdhury, a member of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), has been transferred after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against him on charges of amassing wealth beyond known sources of income and concealing asset information.
The Ministry of Finance on Wednesday (8 October) transferred him to the post of president of the Customs, Excise and VAT Appellate Tribunal.
Before the transfer, Belal served as a member of the NBR's VAT Implementation Wing.
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Prior to that, he had held positions as commissioner of the Custom House Benapole and director general of the Duty Exemption and Drawback Office of the NBR.
On 7 October, ACC Director General Akhtar Hossain said the commission had identified undeclared assets worth Tk4.6 crore and assets worth Tk4.97 crore acquired beyond known sources of income under Belal's name.
An ACC investigation found that Belal had declared assets worth Tk8.83 crore in his wealth statement, while investigators identified assets totalling Tk13.43 crore in his name, indicating that Tk4.60 crore had been concealed.
The investigation further revealed evidence of assets valued at Tk4.97 crore that were acquired beyond known sources of income.
Recently, Belal came under discussion for travelling to Australia despite having official permission only to attend a training programme in Indonesia under a government order (GO). The NBR subsequently sought an explanation from him regarding the matter.
