A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of 105 accounts belonging to former Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in connection with ongoing corruption allegations.
Acting Judge Md Alamgir of the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court issued the order on Wednesday after allowing two separate petitions filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
The frozen assets include five bank accounts, 13 wage earners’ bonds, and 87 fixed deposit receipts (FDRs).
The court also directed the seizure of his income tax records.
According to the ACC petition, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain is alleged to have acquired assets worth Tk35.18 crore through bribery and corrupt practices, which are said to be inconsistent with his known sources of income.
The petition further claims that he carried out suspicious transactions amounting to Tk99.21 crore and $1,133,816 through his bank accounts.
The Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case on 2 June, 2025.
In its plea, the ACC argued that it was necessary to immediately freeze the accused’s bank accounts, wage earners’ bonds, and FDRs, along with the seizure of all income tax records from the inception of his tax file up to the 2024–2025 tax year, including permanent and miscellaneous documents, in order to facilitate the investigation.
