Bank accounts of 3 persons frozen

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FE Report
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Wednesday instructed the commercial banks to freeze all bank accounts and bar encashment of saving instruments of three individuals.
The banks have also been asked to provide account details of 17 other persons including politicians and former member of parliaments (MPs).
The board Wednesday sent letters to all banks and financial institutions to furnish the account details of those persons within seven days to the Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the board, banking sources said.
The NBR ordered the freeze of bank accounts of three family members of former AL lawmaker Hazi Mokbul.
The board, earlier, has frozen the bank accounts of Mokbul and his son Masudur Rahman.
It also asked the banks to send information about current account, savings account, fixed deposit, loan account, foreign currency account, credit card, wealth in vaults or lockers, savings certificates and any other credit or debit operations of the listed persons within the stipulated time.
The NBR sought the accounts details from July 1, 2001.
In the first week of October, the board asked commercial banks to give information on accounts of 55 individuals including businessmen, politicians and their family members. The banks have also been directed to suspend banking transactions of nine persons.