Freeze on 163 bank accounts of Nayeemul ordered
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 31 more bank accounts of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, daughter Saima Wazed Putul, her sister Sheikh Rehana and their related organisations over corruption allegations.
The court also ordered the ACC to freeze 163 bank accounts of Nayeemul Islam Khan, former press secretary to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and four of his family members in connection with graft allegations.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain passed the order following separate petitions submitted by the ACC seeking the order in this regards.
Hasina, Sajeeb, Saima, Rehana and their related organisations deposited Tk聽394,60,72,805.71 in the 31 bank accounts which faced the freeze order.
The ACC in its petition stated that Hasina and others were trying to transfer the money from these accounts. So, an order is needed to prevent them from doing so, it said.
On March 11, the same court also ordered the freeze on 124 bank accounts with Tk 577.85 crore deposits belonging to Hasina, Rehana, five of their family members and their related organisations in connection with corruption allegations.
The five other family members are Sajeeb, Saima, Rehana鈥檚 husband Shafiq Ahmed Siddiq, their family members Bushra Siddiq and Shaheen Siddiq.
On the same day, the court also ordered the confiscation of Sudha Sadan, which was built on 16 kathas of land at Dhanmondi in the capital of Dhaka, a property registered to Hasina鈥檚 children, Sajeeb and Saima.
The court also ordered the seizure of a flat worth Tk聽43.24 lakh owned by Rehana鈥檚 daughter and former British minister Tulip Siddiq at Gulshan in the capital.
Two plots of land at Kaliakoir in Gazipur and a flat in the capital鈥檚 Segunbagicha, registered to Rehana and two flats owned by Radwan at Niketan in the capital were also seized.
The same court also issued travel bans on Hasina, Rehana, Sajeeb, Saima, Radwan, Tulip and Rehana鈥檚 another daughter, Azmina Siddiq.
On December 17, 2024, the ACC launched a probe into allegations of embezzlement of Tk聽80,000 crore against Hasina and her family members from nine projects, including the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.
The commission on December 22, 2024, also launched an inquiry into allegations against Hasina and Sajeeb of laundering $300 million to the United States.
On March 10, the ACC approved the charge sheets against Hasina, Rehana, and four of their family members in six cases filed against them over the alleged misuse of power and corruption to obtain six plots under the Purbachal New Town Project.
The ACC on Tuesday filed a case against former lawmaker from the Munshiganj-3 constituency Mrinal Kanti Das and his wife on charges of acquiring illegal wealth.
Mrinal allegedly acquired illegal wealth worth Tk聽1.55 crore and made suspicious transactions of Tk聽2.41 crore from 2013 to 2024 in eight bank accounts.
Nilima Das with the help of her husband Mrinal allegedly acquired illegal wealth worth Tk 1.45 crore in her name beyond her known source of income and made suspicious transactions of Tk聽16.19 crore from 2013 to 2024 in 30 bank accounts. The court on Tuesday also ordered the ACC to freeze 163 bank accounts of Nayeemul Islam Khan and his family members in connection with graft allegations.
The family members are Nayeemul鈥檚 wife, Nasima Khan Monti, and their three daughters Labiba Nayeem Khan, Zulika Nayeem Khan and Adiva Nayeem Khan.
Nayeemul and his family members allegedly conducted transactions worth Tk聽765 crore in the 163 bank accounts but now the balance in the accounts is Tk聽8.76 crore.
The ACC is conducting an inquiry into the allegations against Nayeemul, also a journalist, and his family members of amassing illegal wealth.
