The Internal Resources Division (IRD) on Sunday suspended Assistant Tax Commissioner Fatema Begum of Tax Zone-25 for verbally abusing a traffic sergeant in the capital.
The suspension order, signed by IRD Secretary and NBR Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan, stated that the incident occurred around 8pm on April 12 at Palashi intersection in Ward-26 under Lalbagh Police Station.
According to the order, Fatema Begum was in a private car when on-duty Traffic Sergeant Shaha Jamal asked her to produce the vehicle’s documents. Although she claimed the papers were in order, she refused to show them.
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When the sergeant repeated his request, she got out of the car and hurled abusive language at him, including derogatory remarks such as “child of a lowly person” and “beggar’s child,” and accused him of taking bribes all his life.
Following the incident, Sergeant Shaha Jamal filed a case against her with Lalbagh Police Station.
The IRD said her actions amounted to misconduct under Rule 3(b) of the Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules.
A departmental proceeding has been initiated against her, and she has been suspended from service under the same rules.
During the suspension period, she will be entitled to subsistence allowance as per the regulations.