'Tax official abducted under ex-husband’s plan'

RAB claimed that Joint Commissioner Masuma Khatun of Tax Zone-2 of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been abducted and tortured at the behest of her former husband Harun-or-Rashid.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) claimed that Joint Commissioner Masuma Khatun of Tax Zone-2 of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been abducted and tortured at the behest of her former husband Harun-or-Rashid.
RAB Legal and Media Wing Director Commander Khandaker Al Moin gave this information to reporters at a press conference at RAB Media Centre in Karwan Bazar of the capital on Saturday (August 26) noon.
Earlier, a team of the elite force arrested three people including key accused Masud in connection with the beating of the female tax officer.
They were arrested from Gazipur’s Sreepur and the capital’s Sabujbag areas on Friday (August 25) night. Two other arrested are Abdul Jalil alias Poru and Hafiz alias Shahnik.
In the primary interrogation, they have confessed to their involvement in abducting the female tax official.
Masuma’s previous driver Masud said he and his accomplices made a deal of Tk 70,000 with the NBR official’s former husband Harun-or-Rashid to abduct her.
On August 18, Joint Commissioner Masuma Khatun of Tax Zone-2 was returning to her home in Siddheshwari on her car around 8 pm. As her car reached near Viqarunnisa Noon School and College around 8:15 pm, a motorcycle suddenly hit it.
When the driver stepped out of the car, a group of people snatched the ignition key and started to beat Masuma and her driver Anwar.
The kidnappers left Anwar but took Masuma and her car to a garage in Sabujbagh. They taped her mouth and beat her throughout the night. The NBR officer had one of her legs broken and her eyes severely damaged due to the torture.
Following the incident, a case of abduction and torture was filed with the Ramna Model Police Station.