The Criminal Investigation Department鈥檚 financial crime unit on Saturday froze 35 bank accounts of journalist Munni Saha and individuals and organisations linked to her.
The balance in these accounts was a total of Tk 18, 16, 53, 739, said a press release by the CID issued on Saturday.
The CID in its release said that Munni Saha and her husband Kabir Hossain used the journalism profession to illegally influence others and earn money through fraud and extortion.
The CID received a complaint that the illegally earned money was being transacted through bank accounts operated in the name of themselves and interested persons and organisations.
Later, the CID鈥檚 financial crime unit started a money laundering investigation against the suspect and linked persons and organisations under the Money Laundering Prevention Rules 2019.
During the initial investigation, CID found a total of 46 bank accounts opened in different banks in the name of the suspect and persons and organisations linked to her.
Around Tk 200 crore of suspicious transactions have been made in the bank accounts at different times, the press release said.
An investigation was under way under the Money Laundering Prevention Rules 2019 against the suspects Munni Saha, her husband Kabir Hossain and individuals and organisations linked to them.
