According to the case details, Jalil dodged income tax of Tk 4.07 lakh on Tk 54.6 lakh in four successive fiscal years from 2003-04. Jalil allegedly concealed information on Tk 54 lakh income in his tax returns submitted to the National Board of Revenue. The AL leader came up against the lawsuit nine days after he was dropped from the post of chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on commerce ministry on October 6. The veteran AL leader annoyed the party high command by making derogatory statements about the party and ninth parliamentary election.

In an interview with London-based Bangla TV recently, Jalil said the party's landslide victory in the election came through an 'understanding.' He received kudos from opposition BNP for his remarks. Prime Minister and AL President Sheikh Hasinsa had said action would be taken against Jalil in due time. He however said in London later that he still suffers from trauma due to torture by the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) personnel while in detention during the caretaker government's tenure. And he blamed this state of mind for the remarks he made in the interview with Bangla TV.

-Daily Star

Jalil faces arrest over tax dodge

bdnews: A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against embattled ruling Awami League MP Abdul Jalil, whose controversial comments about his own party created a political storm in recent times, in a tax evasion case. A N M Bashirullah of Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court for Dhaka ordered his arrest hours after the National Board of Revenue filed the case on Thursday on charges of evading Tk 4.07 lakh in income tax after hiding income worth Tk 54.60 lakh.

Deputy tax commissioner Bazlur Rahman Khan filed the case at around 2:20pm after completing the court formalities. The hearing took take place at around 3:30pm and the order was out an hour later. The judge asked the police to report on the arrest by Oct 26. There was information of abnormal transaction in the bank accounts of Jalil and his wife at different times, which is not relevant with his income tax return statement. There were savings accounts and FDR in the name of their children, which were not mentioned in the income tax return statement.

The disgruntled former AL general secretary was removed from the chair of the parliamentary standing committee on commerce ministry on Oct 6 after he returned home from the UK the same day. Jalil inferred in media interviews in London that the Awami League won the ninth parliamentary elections with the backing of the military-installed caretaker government. He also said that he should have challenged Sheikh Hasina to retain his party post as general secretary after his return from treatment in Singapore earlier this year. He went to Singapore last year after falling seriously ill during his detention by the caretaker government. He has alleged that he was tortured in custody. Since then, he has made various criticisms of his party and party chief Hasina, alongside allegations against the past caretaker government, culminating in the most recent controversy.

Jalil later apologised for the outpouring of emotion, from London, for the allegation against his party saying such a comment came from his grievance against military intelligence agency DGFI that tortured him during detention. He also claimed his comments were 'misinterpreted'. There was another case against Jalil related to hiding information on wealth. The Anticorruption Commission filed the case against him. Jalil was arrested on May 28, 2007. He went to Singapore for treatment on March 2, 2008 after he was released on parole. The High Court on Oct 20, 2008 granted him bail in the wealth related case.