A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered the freezing of 46 bank accounts containing a total of Tk33.19 crore belonging to former lawmaker AFM Bahauddin Nasim and his associates.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Foyez passed the order following an application filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). According to Riaz Hossain, the bench assistant of the concerned court, the application was moved by ACC Deputy Director Hossain Sharif.
The anti-graft body stated in its petition that Bahauddin Nasim and his family members have allegedly amassed vast amounts of movable and immovable assets both at home and abroad by “abusing power and through corruption.”
The ACC further informed the court that, during their ongoing investigation, secret sources revealed that Nasim and his family members were attempting to withdraw funds from various bank accounts to transfer or smuggle the money abroad.
The commission argued that if these funds were moved, it would result in a significant loss to the state. Consequently, the ACC deemed it necessary to suspend and freeze the transactions of these accounts to prevent such an occurrence.
