A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered to freeze 44 bank accounts of former industries minister and veteran Awami League leader Amir Hossain Amu, his wife Saida Haque and daughter Sumaia Hossain over graft allegations.
Dhaka senior special judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order, allowing a petition of the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Of the accounts, 15 are in the name of Amu, 13 in his wife鈥檚 name, 15 in the name of his daughter, and one in the name of Jeriko, a company with Amu鈥檚 business interest.
The commission in its plea said that the anti-graft body was probing allegations of amassing huge illegal wealth by Amu and his family members by tender manipulation, appointment manipulation and embezzling funds of different government projects.
鈥楾he investigation is nearing end and it was learned that the accused are planning to withdraw ill-gotten money from their accounts and transfer the fund,鈥� it added.
The commission pleaded to freeze the accounts for the sake of proper investigation.