Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 120 bank accounts owned by former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, his family members, and their beneficiaries over graft allegations.
Judge (in-charge) Md Ibrahim Miah passed the order after ACC deputy director Md Moshiur Rahman submitted a petition in this regard.
The former land minister and others deposited Tk聽44.24 crore in the accounts.
In the petition, the ACC official said that an inquiry is going on into allegations of graft against Saifuzzaman and others, and they might attempt to transfer the money from the accounts at any time and from anywhere. 鈥業f they do so, it could hinder the inquiry into the allegations brought against them. Therefore, an order was required to prevent such transfers,鈥� he said.
On July 9, the same court directed the ACC to freeze 26 Beneficiary Owner鈥檚 accounts owned by Saifuzzaman, his family members, and their beneficiaries over similar corruption allegations.
On June 22, the same court issued a travel ban on Saifuzzaman, also a former Awami League lawmaker and his wife, Rukhmila Zaman, over corruption allegations.
