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A Dhaka court has ordered freeze on 358 bank accounts of beleaguered business-tycoon Salman F Rahman, also former adviser to ousted premier Sheikh Hasina, and his family members and close associates.
The court order came Monday on a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seeking to freeze the bank accounts of the BEXIMCO boss and his kinsmen as part of an ongoing anti-graft crackdown launched following the student-mass uprising that toppled the past regime.
Judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court in Dhaka Md Zakir Hossain passed the order after hearing the ACC petition.
Earlier in the day, ACC Deputy Director Md Jaynal Abedin, who is leading the inquiry team, submitted the application in this regard.
Public Prosecutor of the ACC Md Rezaul Karim Reza moved the application on behalf of the anti-graft body.
In the application, the ACC official said, "Salman F Rahman and others were accused of embezzling billions of taka from shareholders through fraud and manipulation of placement shares."
Allegations also include illegally influencing various public and private banks to obtain approximately Tk 360 billion in loans, misappropriating funds, and laundering billions of taka abroad. During the investigations, bank accounts linked to Salman, his family members, and close associates were identified.
The ACC official also said they came to know from credible sources that Salman and others "were attempting to transfer, relocate, or convert funds from these accounts".