The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 31 bank accounts of Orion Group chairman Mohammad Obaidul Karim and eight of his family members in connection with corruption allegations.
Besides, the court ordered the confiscation of a United Kingdom flat belonging to Ahmed Shayan F Rahman, son of Salman F Rahman, former adviser to deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
The court also issued travel bans on 15 people, including Salman, former lawmakers Ayen Uddin and Iftakhar Uddin Talukder, in connection with graft charges.
Dhaka metropolitan senior special judge Md Zakir Hossain passed the orders accepting petitions filed by the ACC, said ACC deputy director Aktharul Islam.
It also ordered the confiscation of a flat worth Tk聽95.90 lakh and 43.25 acres of land worth Tk聽2.90 crore owned by Obaidul and others.
Obaidul鈥檚 wife Arzuda Karim, their son Salman Obaidul Karim, also managing director of the Orion Group, and daughter Zareen Karim are among the eight family members who are facing the court order.
The ACC in its petition said that they found allegations against Obaidul, his related organisations and his family members of laundering crores of money, and they were attempting to transfer the money and the immoveable properties elsewhere.
If they are able do so, inquiry into the allegations brought against them might be hampered, said the ACC.
Meanwhile, the same court also ordered the confiscation of the UK flat belonging to Shayan.
It also ordered the freezing of two UK bank accounts belonging to Salman鈥檚 nephew, Ahmed Shahriar Rahman and it also ordered the freezing of shares in a UK company owned by Shayan and Shahriar.
Apart from this, the court also imposed a travel ban on Salman, his wife Syeda Rubaba Rahman, son Shayan, brother Ahmed Sohail Fasiher Rahman, and nephew Shahriar.
The ACC informed that it was investigating allegations of money laundering against Salman and his family members. Earlier, on February 24, the court ordered the freezing of 372 bank accounts belonging to Salman, his family members, and associates.
On January 13, the court ordered the confiscation of assets worth Tk 25 crore of Salman and his family members and associates, which were seized by the Criminal Investigation Department of the police.
Meanwhile, the court issued travel bans on former lawmaker Md Ayen Uddin and his wife and former lawmaker Iftakhar Uddin Talukder and four others in connection with graft charges.
Travel bans also issued by the court on former additional deputy commissioner of police Nazmul Hasan Firoz and his wife, and former Rajshahi University vice-chancellor M Abdus Sobhan following petitions filed by the ACC.
