Court freezes 105 accounts of ex-minister Khandaker Mosharraf

A court here today (29 April) ordered the freezing of 105 accounts belonging to former Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain over graft allegations.
 
The frozen assets include five bank accounts, 13 wage earners' bonds, and 87 fixed deposit receipts (FDRs). The court also ordered the seizure of Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain's income tax records.
 
Acting judge of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court, Md Alamgir, passed the order allowing two separate pleas of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
 
The petition said the accused Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain allegedly acquired assets worth Taka 35.18 crore through bribery and corruption, which were inconsistent with his known sources of income, and kept them in his possession. It also said he made suspicious transactions of Taka 99.21 crore and USD 1,133,816 through his bank accounts.
 
The Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case on 2 June, 2025.
 
The petition stated that it was necessary to urgently freeze his bank accounts, wage earners' bonds and FDRs, and to seize all income tax records from the beginning of his tax file up to the 2024-2025 tax year, including permanent and miscellaneous records.