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Court orders seizure of CRI Tax records

Published : Wednesday, 28 October, 2026 at 7:35 PM

Observer Online Report

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A court has ordered the seizure of income tax records of the Centre for Research and Information (CRI), a research organisation of the banned Awami League.

The Senior Special Judge’s Court issued the order on Tuesday, October 28, following an application by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the commission’s public relations office confirmed.

The ACC filed a case on November 5, 2025, against eight people, including Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy, Saima Wazed Putul, Radwan Mujib Siddiq and former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, over alleged embezzlement of public welfare funds, tax evasion and suspicious transactions worth Tk 439 crore.

According to the investigation, CRI allegedly collected Tk 45.35 crore in donations from 23 companies and earned over Tk 100.31 crore between fiscal years 2013-14 and 2023-24.

Investigators also found an alleged embezzlement of Tk 15.68 crore, suspicious transactions through 25 bank accounts totalling Tk 439 crore and tax evasion amounting to Tk 36.52 lakh.

-AJM

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