Court orders freezing 16 bank accounts of ex-minister Qamrul
Senior Special Judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order
A Dhaka court today (10 April) ordered the authorities to freeze 16 bank accounts of former food minister Advocate Qamrul Islam following a petition submitted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Senior Special Judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order, ACC Deputy Director (public relations) Aktarul Islam told reporters.
The ACC in its petition told the court that huge suspicious transactions were made through these accounts with different commercial banks and financial institutions.
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The anti-graft body came to know that the money and moveable properties belonging to Qamrul Islam may handover, transfer or sale to others. As a result, the ACC prayed for freezing those bank accounts for the sake of proper investigation against him.
The former minister was arrested by police from Uttara sector-12 in the capital on 18 November last year.
The court on 11 February following a petition submitted by the ACC, ordered to show him arrested in connection with a corruption case. He is currently in prison.
