A court has ordered the freezing of 114 bank accounts held in the name of former law minister Anisul Huq’s former personal secretary Towfika Karim.
The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Foyez issued this order on Monday, in response to an application by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
These accounts currently hold a deposit of Tk86.98 crore with transactions amounting to Tk653.36 crore conducted, according to the ACC.
Sub-Inspector of Police (Financial Crime) of CID, Md Moniruzzaman, applied for an order to seize the 114 bank accounts held in the name of Towfika Karim.
The application stated that Towfika Karim misused the power of the former law minister and using money obtained from various illicit activities such as accepting bribes to issue bail for accused individuals, bribes for appointments, and lobbying for transfers, the purchase of flats, cars, and land, and laundered money abroad.
As such, freezing the accounts was necessary in order to prevent the money being transferred elsewhere, according to the ACC.
