A Dhaka court on Monday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to take steps to attach immovable assets and freeze movable assets owned abroad by Salman F Rahman and his family members.
Judge Md Zakir Hossain of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court passed the orders after hearing a petition filed by the anti-graft watchdog.
Immovable property include a flat in London's Grosvenor Square purchased in June 2010 and a company office in London's Gresham Gardens bought in February 2021.
The beneficiary of the properties is Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman, son of Beximco Group chairman Salman F Rahman.
On the other hand, movable properties, including two bank accounts in Barclays Bank in the UK and all company shares of RR Global Trading FZE in the UAE, are owned by Ahmed Shahriar Rahman, another son of Salman Rahman.
Earlier in the day, ACC deputy director Mohammad Jaynal Abedin submitted an application, requesting the court to order the attachment of immovable properties to stop transfer or handover as well as freeze order for movable properties to stop operational activities by them.
Following another petition, the same court issued a travel ban on Salman and four others of his family in connection with money-laundering allegations.
Other family members are Syeda Rubaba Rahman, Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman, Ahmed Sohail Fashiur Rahman and Ahmed Shahriar Rahman.
According to the ACC petition, an investigation team is investigating allegations of embezzlement and the laundering of Tk 360 billion by Salman and his family.
Meanwhile, the same court on Monday also ordered to freeze 31 bank accounts owned by Orion Group chairman Mohammad Obaidul Karim, his family members and his organisations.
These accounts are currently holding Tk 202.68 million and $6,575.
The court also ordered to attach 43.25 acres of land in Mymensingh and Munshiganj and one flat in Gulshan, Dhaka, owned by Obaidul Karim and his family members and their organisations.
ACC deputy director (public relations) and spokesperson Mohammad Aktarul Islam said the court also issued freeze and attachment order for movable and immovable properties of S Alam Group chairman Saiful Alam and his family.
But he could not give details of those properties.
The court also ordered to seize tax files of former LGRD and cooperatives minister Md Tajul Islam and his wife Foujia Islam over graft allegations.
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