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Vol. 5 Num 1115 Fri. July 20, 2007  
   
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NBR asks for bank account details of 46


The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday asked all commercial banks to submit account details of 46 corruption suspects, including former state ministers Lutfozzaman Babar and Shahjahan Omar, and former BNP whip Ashraf Hossain by July 31.

Babar is now in jail and Ashraf is one of the reformist leaders of BNP.

The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the NBR asked all commercial banks to submit detailed information on transactions made through personal accounts, joint accounts, current accounts, foreign currency accounts, savings accounts, credit accounts and credit cards.

The list includes Babar's wife Tahmina Zaman, daughters Fariha

Binte Zaman and Tasfia Binte Zaman, sons Labib Ibne Zaman and Ahnaf Ibne Zaman, brothers Mirza Obaidur Rahman and Mohammad Golam Rahman, sisters Dr Farida Binte Rahman and Dr Latifa Binte Lutfor, brother-in-laws Khaled Rahman Payel and Shamsur Rahman, relatives Dr Afzalunnesa (wife of Dr Asif Mortoza), Nipa (wife of Faruk Ahmed), Mithila (wife of Ripon) and Mitra (wife of Badsha Mia).

The NBR also asked for bank account information of former BNP state minister for law Shahjahan Omar, his wife Mehzabin Farzana, daughter Mehzabin Fatema Oman, son Adnan Omar Osi; SS Filling station and Sangar Textiles Mills Limited owned by Shahjahan Omar and his family; ex-BNP lawmaker Sarwar Jamal Nizam, his wife Sabrina Khan Sabu, daughters Mabruha Nizam and Habiba Nizam, and Faizur Rahman, chief engineer of Roads and Highways Department.