On Thursday, the Internal Revenue Division (IRD) issued a notification transferring Belal to the OSD post within NBR. Belal is accused of acquiring nearly Tk 50 million in illicit assets and hiding information related to these assets in his wealth statement. According to case documents, Belal “concealed information” about assets valued at Tk 46.01 million. The documents added that Belal accumulated a total of Tk 49.75 million in movable and immovable assets from 2004 to 2022, all deemed illicit. On Wednesday, Belal was removed from his post as NBR member (Customs Implementation & IT) and reassigned to the president of the Customs, Excise, and VAT Appellate Tribunal.
