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Dhaka: A Dhaka court has ordered the imprisonment of 11 customs officials after cancelling their bail in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The case involves allegations of laundering approximately BDT 186 million (Tk 18.6 crore) and embezzling BDT 37.18 million (Tk 3.71 crore) in fraudulent export incentive funds.
The order was issued on Sunday by Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md. Shahjahan Kabir, according to ACC prosecutor Delwar Jahan Rumi.
Rumi said the accused had obtained interim bail from the High Court and surrendered before the trial court on April 16, when their bail was extended until the next hearing. They later sought permanent bail, but the ACC opposed the petition. After hearing both sides, the court rejected their bail application and ordered that they be sent to jail.
The 11 officials include National Board of Revenue (NBR) Customs Assistant Commissioners Jahangir Kabir and Mobin Ul Islam, former Assistant Commissioner Md. Zainal Abedin, Revenue Officers Jamir Hossain, A.H.M. Nazrul Islam, Amir Hossain Sarkar, Gouranga Chandra Chowdhury, Farid Uddin Sarkar, and Md. Manjurul Haque, as well as former Revenue Officers Md. Abdus Sattar and Basudeb Palak.
According to the case, the ACC filed charges on November 23, 2025, against 26 individuals, including the 11 customs officials. Investigators allege that the accused conspired to fabricate export records under the name of Do Empex Limited, falsely claiming shipments to the United Arab Emirates, Australia, the United States, Canada, and Singapore.
Through these fake export declarations, they allegedly showed the repatriation of nearly BDT 186 million in export proceeds and fraudulently obtained approximately BDT 37.18 million in government export incentives, despite the goods never being exported.
The ACC investigation found that between 2018 and 2021, the company submitted 41 export bills to claim government incentives. While the authenticity of seven shipments was verified, the remaining 34 shipments were found to be fictitious. Despite the absence of actual exports, records showed that USD 2.22 million (approximately BDT 186 million) had been repatriated through Agrani Bank, enabling the company to unlawfully receive government incentive payments.