NBR now confiscates two lockers of Sheikh Hasina in Agrani Bank
Investigators are also looking into whether Sheikh Hasina holds additional lockers in other banks, officials say.
Just days after a locker belonging to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina was discovered in Pubali Bank, authorities have found two more lockers in her name at Agrani Bank.
The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) confiscated both lockers at Agrani Bank yesterday (16 September), the cell's Director General Ahsan Habib confirmed to The Business Standard today (17 September).
According to CIC sources, the lockers are numbered 751 and 753.
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Investigators are also looking into whether Sheikh Hasina holds additional lockers in other banks, officials said.
The contents of the lockers remain unknown as investigations by the CIC are still underway.
The move comes as the NBR launched an inquiry into the allegations of tax evasion by Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS.
The tax authority has frozen the bank accounts of Hasina as part of the investigation, officials said.
On 10 September, another bank locker of Hasina, who fled the country after being ousted from power through last year's July Uprising, at Pubali Bank's Motijheel corporate branch was confiscated by the CIC.
In addition, a joint savings account was found in the same branch under the names of Hasina and Sheikh Rehana, with a balance of Tk44 lakh. There was also an FDR in Hasina's individual name, with a balance of Tk12 lakh.
