A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze 21 bank accounts of three associates of Proshanta Kumar (PK) Halder.
The three associates are FAS Finance and Investment Ltd chairman Md Siddiqur Rahman, and directors Mahfuza Rahman Baby and Anita Kar.
Judge Md Zakir Hossain of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the ACC seeking an order to freeze their accounts.
Earlier in the day, ACC deputy assistant director and head of the enquiry team Sabrina Zaman submitted an application to the court to this end.
According to the petition, the accused persons abetted obtaining a loan from the FAS Finance by Sandweep Corporation, which is a shell company, without any mortgage.
The beneficiaries later withdrew Tk 400 million from the investment firm and laundered the amount.
Following a separate petition, the same court ordered the ACC to freeze 123 bank accounts of Ranjit Kumar Talukder, a member of the Taxes Appellate Tribunal, and his wife Jhumur Majumder.
Jhumur's accounts now hold Tk 115.0 million.
ACC assistant director Khorshed Alam submitted the petition, saying that the accused were trying to transfer the money.
Meanwhile, the court issued a travel ban on Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and four family members-wife Fauzia Alam, daughter Tanisha Alam, sons Fahim Afsar Alam and Farhan Sadiq Alam.
It also issued a travel ban on Nazmul Hassan Papon, former chairman of the Bangladesh Cricket Board and also managing director of Beximco Pharmaceuticals Company.
His wife Roksana Hassan, daughters Sunerah Rahman and Rushmila Rahman, son Rafsan Hassan and son-in-law Rakin Al Mahmood have also come under the ban.
The court also ordered freezing 27 bank accounts, owned by Papon and his family members, having Tk 337.4 million balance as of now.
The petition states that an enquiry is underway against Papon and others for embezzling BCB and government funds through illegal means to acquire huge assets in his own name and the names of others at home and abroad.
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