BFIU freezes ex-FM Hasan Mahmud, family’s bank accounts
A higher-up of the financial watchdog confirmed the matter to The Business Standard today (11 August).
File photo of Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud. Photo: BSS
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has directed all the banks in the country to freeze the accounts of former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud and his family members, a source at the financial watchdog told The Business Standard on Sunday (11 August).
Hasan was detained at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) while attempting to flee the country on 6 August.
"He was trying to catch a flight en route to Delhi," an Airport Aviation Security (AVSEC) official said.
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Hasan served as the foreign minister and the information minister in the separate terms of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government.
