NBR asks for bank account details of Giridhari’s son Dilip

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has asked for the bank accounts of Dilip Kumar Modi, son of Uttara Group owner Giridhari Lal Modi, currently under the scanner for alleged tax evasion and money laundering.

The NBR’s Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) has recently sent letters to the banks concerned.

The Anti Corruption Commission had summoned Giridhari Lal Modi’s accounts in February last year.

Dilip is acting as the director and managing director of several Uttara Group companies.

NBR also asked for the bank accounts of jeweller Paban Kumar Agarwal and Zulfikar Haider.

Paban is the owner of Gitanjali Jewellers at the Pink City in Gulshan-2.

The letters to the banks have asked for details of their separate or joint accounts or any savings instrument from Jul 1 until now.

The CIC generally asks banks for account detail when tax evasion or the withholding of property information is suspected, NBR officials have said.

Giridhari had been interrogated in police custody in 2007 for allegedly laundering over Tk 34 million to the US.

NBR filed a tax evasion case against Uttara Spinning Mill Managing Director Giridhari, Director Dilip, and three other directors in 2008.

They were charged with tax evasion of Tk 35 million by hiding information on property worth around Tk 67 million.