Eight more officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) have been suspended for "defying directives from higher authorities and disobeying transfer orders."
They were suspended in separate orders signed by Abdur Rahman Khan, NBR chairman and secretary of the Internal Resources Division (IRD) under the Ministry of Finance.
The suspension orders state, "Due to defiant behaviour such as openly tearing up transfer orders in an act of blatant disregard, and for supporting those who disobeyed such orders, it has been decided to initiate departmental proceedings against them.
"Therefore, as per the Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, they have been suspended."
The suspended officials are: Masuma Khatun, divisional representative (Joint Tax Commissioner), Tax Zone-2, Dhaka; Murad Ahmed, joint tax commissioner, Tax Zone-15, Dhaka; Mohammad Morshed Uddin Khan, joint tax commissioner, Tax Zone-Kushtia; Monalisa Shahreen Sushmita, joint tax commissioner, Tax Zone-Noakhali; Ashraful Alam Pradhan, joint tax commissioner, Tax Zone-Cox's Bazar; Shihabul Islam, deputy tax commissioner, Tax Zone-Khulna; Nusrat Jahan Shomy, deputy tax commissioner, Tax Zone-Rangpur and Towhid Hasan Shakil, deputy tax commissioner, Tax Zone-Cumilla.
Earlier, five top officials, including four NBR members, were sent to forced retirement. Additionally, the Commissioner of Chattogram Customs House was also suspended.
