Khaleda’s properties worth Tk 3.54cr

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Former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in her wealth statement submitted to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday mentioned that she has properties worth Tk 3.54 crore.
The former premier also mentioned in the statement that the properties were accumulated through seven sources of income while all the taxes on her money and properties were paid.

A group of lawyers representing Khaleda submitted the 11-page statement to ACC Secretary Mukhlesur Rahman at the ACC office at 4:15pm yesterday.

The lawyers later gave excerpts of the statement to the newsmen. The sources of Khaleda’s income include donation by the government, life insurance, pension and other benefits of her husband former president Ziaur Rahman.

The other section of her income source mentioned in the statement are house rent collected from 1982 to 2007 from her Gulshan residence allocated by the government, honorarium and allowances received during her three terms as the premier and one term as the opposition leader, TA/DA given for government work and others.

The statement includes Tk 1.89 crore as her balance in banks.

She also mentioned in the statement that her immovable properties are worth Tk 12,405 while her movable wealth include seven sofa sets, two sets of dining tables, 20 lamps, one coat, ten air coolers, three pieces of carpet and two television sets.

Her wealth statement also includes a 1300 CC Toyota car, which was bought in 1995, two Toyota jeeps and one Nissan jeep bought in 1990.

Her statement includes FDR worth Tk 24.36 lakh, Tk 4.00 lakh of which was declared forfeited.

Now the FDR balance stands at Tk 20,36,243 while the total balance with profit stands at Tk 1,65,15,105, says the wealth statement.

The wealth statement of the former premier also includes the wealth accumulated by Ziaur Rahman. The wealth is ten katha of land in Savar, Tk 2,359 at the Janata Bank branch adjacent to Bangabhaban and FDR worth Tk 50,000 in the name of Khaleda Zia at Janata Bank branch adjacent to Bangabhaban.

ACC Secretary Mukhlesur Rahman said they had accepted Khaleda Zia’s wealth statement.

The lawyers who went to submit the wealth statement include Ahmed Aazam Khan, Sanaullah Mia, Masud Ahmed Talukder and barrister Mahbub Uddin Khan.

Meanwhile, the deadline for submission of wealth statement of former premier and AL chief Sheikh Hasina ends tomorrow.

Asked about the writ petition filed by Hasina challenging the order asking to submit her wealth statement, Mukhlesur Rahman said, “As the matter has gone to court, the court will decide on the issue.”

FRESH INCOME TAX RETURN
Khaleda Zia yesterday submitted a fresh income tax return in a prescribed form to the income tax department to legalise about Tk 2 crore undisclosed money.

Khaleda’s lawyer advocate Ahmed Azam submitted the income tax return to circle 21 of the income tax zone - two.

Meanwhile, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has yet to take any decision whether it would receive the taxes paid by the prime minister.

NBR Chairman Badiur Rahman and other members of the board Sunday met Finance Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam at his office and discussed the issue.

However, no information about the meeting was disclosed.

The NBR chairman earlier said if anyone submits income tax return duly and pays taxes as per rules, the NBR will accept it.

Khaleda has shown her income as house rent, interest on fixed deposit, remuneration and allowances she received as prime minister and leader of the opposition during the last 15 years, remuneration received as parliament member, government remuneration to her husband late president Ziaur Rahman and life insurance amounts of both herself and her late husband.

“The NBR needs to make sure whether the income she has shown was earned legally. Income tax officials are scrutinising her sources of income,” a high official of the NBR said preferring anonymity.

When asked, Khaleda Zia’s lawyer Ahmed Aazam said they maintained all the procedures as per the NBR’s prescribed form to submit details of undisclosed money of the former prime minister.

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