The government on Wednesday granted early retirement to finance ministry鈥檚 internal resources division commissioner Md Matiur Rahman, who is facing corruption allegations.聽
The Internal Resources Division issued a circular, mentioning that Matiur, also a former member of the National Board of Revenue, applied for voluntary retirement because of the completion of 25 years of service.聽
Following his application, Matiur has been given voluntary retirement without financial benefits from August 28 this year, said the circular.聽
Matiur was president of the NBR鈥檚 Customs, Excise, and VAT Appellate Tribunal before he was removed from the position by the finance ministry on June 23, following the goat scandal involving his son that brought his assets under public scrutiny.聽
The NBR official is now being inquired by the Anti-Corruption Commission for the fifth times in the past two decades.聽
In 2004, the ACC launched the first inquiry against Matiur, while it conducted three more inquiries in 2008, 2013, and 2021 without any breakthrough.聽
The ACC at a meeting decided to launch a fresh inquiry into the corruption allegations brought against him and his family members on June 4,聽
Recently, the Dhaka senior special judge court has ordered the seizure of a huge amount of movable and immovable assets, including 3,523 decimals of land, of Matiur and his family to facilitate a proper inquiry into the allegations brought against them.聽
On June 24, a Dhaka court imposed a travel ban on Matiur, his first wife Layla Kaniz, and their son Ahmed Tafiquer Rahman Arnab, accepting a plea from the ACC.聽
Matiur was exposed to public scrutiny after a video of his second wife鈥檚 son, Mushfiqur Rahman Ifat, buying a goat for Tk 12 lakh went viral on social media ahead of the Muslim festival Eid-ul-Adha in June.聽
He initially denied that Ifat was his son, but the media confirmed their relationship by speaking to his relatives.聽
Speaking to a television channel, Matiur denied any wrongdoing and claimed that ACC gave him clean chits four times in the past.
