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Bought a 12 crore car for 1.5 crore with duty exemption


Mohin Talukder   প্রকাশিত:  ১৯ ডিসেম্বর, ২০২৪, ০৫:২৭ এএম

Bought a 12 crore car for 1.5 crore with duty exemption

Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Sumon, who was elected from Habiganj-4 constituency in the 12th parliament, bought the most expensive car among the parliamentarians of the last government under the duty-free facility.

It is known that 51 members of Parliament took the initiative to import cars in the duty-free facility, 10 of them have arrived in the country. 6 people redeemed the car before the fall of the government. After the fall of the government, the customs stopped the cars of the remaining four.

Barrister Suman imported the most expensive car among them. The import price of the Japanese Toyota brand Land Cruiser FJA 300W model car is shown at 111 thousand dollars or 1 crore 26 lakh taka.

The duty rate of this type of luxury car is 826.60 percent. The price of this car in Bangladesh including duty is about 12 crore rupees. However, he got a duty exemption of Rs. As a result, he was able to buy a car worth 12 crore rupees for only 1.5 crore rupees. He redeemed the car on June 20 before the fall of the government.