The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sought the asset declarations of 17 officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR). The action was taken after the ACC received information about their illegal assets during its investigation.

ACC Director General Akhter Hossain gave this information at a press conference at the ACC office in Segunbagicha in the capital on Tuesday.

The officials seeking asset details include member Md. Lutful Azim, former Additional Director General (CIC) Md. Alamgir Hossain, Joint Commissioner Md. Tariq Hasan, Additional Commissioner Sadhan Kumar Kundu, Commissioner of Customs Excise and VAT Commissionerate Kazi Md. Zia Uddin, Commissioner of Railway Customs Md. Kamruzzaman, Additional Commissioner of VAT Commissionerate of Large Taxpayer Unit Abdur Rashid Mia, Excise Commissioner of Tax Region 16 Mohammad Shihabul Islam, Additional Tax Commissioner of Tax Region 8 Mirza Ashiq Rana, Joint Tax Commissioner of BCS Tax Academy Mohammad Morshed Uddin Khan, Excise Commissioner of Tax Region 16 Monalisa Shahrin Sushmita, Member (Income Tax Policy) AKM Badiul Alam, Additional Commissioner of Audit, Intelligence and Investigation Department (Value Added Tax) Hasan Tarek Rikabder, Additional Commissioner Mohammad Mamun Mia, Additional Commissioner of Intelligence Unit Sahela Siddique, Commissioner of Tax Appellate Tribunal Lokman Ahmed and Tax Commissioner of Tax Region 3 MM Fazlul Haque.

At a press conference, ACC Director General Akhtar Hossain said, "After conducting a fact-finding review, it was found that these officials had assets inconsistent with their legitimate sources of income in their own names or in the names of others on their behalf. That is why the commission has decided to issue an order to submit an accounting statement of their assets and liabilities."