The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special judge Court on Thursday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 4.26 crore shares of 36 companies of Gemcon Group in connection with corruption charges.
The face value of the share has been calculated at Tk 60 crore by the ACC.
The court also ordered seizure of 21 bank accounts of former Awami league lawmaker Sadek Khan and his family members while it also issued a travel ban on former lawmaker for Chandpur 2 constituency Mofazzal聽 Hossain Chowdhuri Maya and his wife over graft allegations.
Dhaka metropolitan senior special judge Md Zakir Hossain ordered ACC to seize shares of 36 companies of Gemcon Group following a petition filed by ACC deputy director Rezaul Karim.
The ACC in the petition sought the order to seize the shares as the owners could not hand over the shares, said ACC deputy director for public relations Aktarul Islam.
Gemcon group chairman late Kazi Shahed Ahmed, Kazi Anis Ahmed, Kazi Nabil Ahmed, Kazi Inam Ahmed, Amina Ahmed and their family members are owners of the shares.
The 36 companies of the Gemcon Group include Castle Construction Co. Ltd, Gemcon Ltd, Charka SPC Poles Ltd, Kazi &Kazi Tea Estate Ltd, Charka Steel Ltd, Karotaya Tea Estate Ltd, Rawshanpur Tea Frontier Ltd, Gemcon Tea Estate Ltd, Pathar Ltd, Gemcon Food & Agriculture Products Ltd, Gemcon City Ltd, Gem Jute Ltd, Bengal Herbal Garden Ltd, Gemcon Sea Food Ltd, Meena Sweets and Confectioneries Ltd, Gemcon Renewable Energy Technology Ltd, Memcon agro Ltd, Gemcon Constrcution Ltd.
Besides, the court also seized 21 bank accounts of former Awami league lawmaker from Dhaka 13 constituency Sadek Khan and his wife Ferdousi Khan and their son Fahim Sadek Khan in connection with graft cases.
The court also issued a travel ban on former minister and Awami League leader Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhuri and his wife Parveen Chowdhuri in connection with corruption allegations.
The ACC mentioned in the petition that the commission started an inquiry against them over allegations of amassing illegal wealth.
The graft suspects are trying to flee the country as there is no ban on their international travel, said the petition.
