A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of 52 bank accounts owned by former chairman of EXIM Bank Nazrul Islam Mazumder and his family members.
The Judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court in Dhaka, Md Zakir Hossain, passed the order on Monday after hearing a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seeking the necessary order, confirmed an official of the prosecution team.
The court ordered the freezing of bank accounts owned by Mazumder, his wife, daughter, son, and their companies.
Earlier on the day, ACC Deputy Director Md Salauddin, who leads the inquiry team, submitted an application in this regard.
ACC Public Prosecutor Mir Ahmed Ali Salam placed the petition in court on behalf of the anti-graft body.
The ACC petition said that during the investigation into allegations of money laundering against Nazrul and his family members, information about bank accounts was found in his name, his wife Nasrin Islam, daughter Anika Islam, son Walid Ibne Islam, and their related institutions.
A significant amount of money has been transacted since the accounts were opened, which appears to be unusual and suspicious.
"It was discovered that the individuals in question are trying to withdraw the money from their 52 bank accounts and transfer it elsewhere. Therefore, an order to freeze the 52 bank accounts is necessary to prevent this," the petition also said.
In August of last year, following the ousting of the Awami League government, Bangladesh Bank reconstituted the board of directors of EXIM Bank.
Mazumder, who is also the founder of Nassa Group, was arrested from Dhaka's Gulshan area on October 1 last year.
He was later placed on a seven-day remand for interrogation in a case filed over the death of Emon Hossain Gazi in Dhaka's Jatrabari area during the mass uprising on August 5.
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