NBR seeks bank information of businessman Monir, family

The National Board of Revenue had sought bank account information of businessman Monir Hossain, also known as Golden Monir, his wife, son, mother, and business entities from banks and financial institutions to check his tax payment status.

Central Intelligence Cell of the revenue board on Monday sent separate letters to banks and financial institutions to provide transaction information of the people for seven years since July 2013 within seven days.

The other people and firms include Monir’s wife Rawshan Monir, son Rafy Hossain, mother Ayesha Begum, and business firms Auto Car Selection, Gulf Auto Cars Ltd, Monir Builders Ltd, Golden Gear, and Monir Trading International.

In the letter, CIC asked the banks and other financial institutions to provide information about the financial transactions in all types of savings, current and loan accounts, FDR, savings instruments, debit and credit cards, locker, and vault operated in the period and being operated by the people in single or joint names and by the firms.

CIC usually seeks the info on suspect of tax evasion by an individual or firm.

Earlier on Saturday Rapid Action Battalion arrested Monir who is now on 18-day remand in police custody in three cases filed over the seizure of illegal firearms, liquor, and foreign currencies from his Badda residence.

The RAB filed the cases — one under the Special Powers Act, the second under the Arms Act and the other under the Narcotics Control Act — with the Badda police on Sunday.

RAB arrested Monir in a 12-hour raid, which had started Friday night, at his six-storied building at Merul Badda.

The force seized Tk 1.09 crore in cash, Tk 9 lakh in foreign currencies, 600 tolas of gold ornaments, illegal arms, alcohol, and five SUVs in the raid.

Monir accumulated wealth worth over Tk 1,050 crore by forging RAJUK documents and through gold smuggling and other crimes, said RAB media wing director AshiqueBillah.

He said that the elite force started the raid based on a report from an intelligence agency.

Monir, who was a salesman of a cloth shop at Gausia Market, has 200 plots of land in his name at Badda, Nikunja, Uttara, and Keraniganj, and used a car worth Tk 3 crore, RAB said.

It said that he was also a ‘vicious’ hundi trader and land broker and was involved in gold smuggling.

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