A Dhaka court has ordered to freeze 57 bank accounts of former social welfare minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed and his wife Hosne Ara Begum and to attach their three plots over graft allegations.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order on Monday allowing a petition of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
According to the court sources, of the accounts, 32 were in the name of Nuruzzaman, while the rest 25 in his wife’s name.
On the other hand, of the three plots, one is located in Purbachal, and two are in Lalmanirhat.
The ACC on February 3, 2025, filed three separate cases against Nuruzzaman Ahmed, his wife Hosne Ara and their son Rakibuzzaman.