A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered authorities concerned to freeze 19 bank accounts of Shah Kamal, former senior secretary at the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, and his wife Farzana Siddiqua in connection with corruption allegations.
Judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court in Dhaka, Mohammad Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain, passed the order following an application by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Earlier on the day, ACC Deputy Director Md Mahbubul Alam, also the inquiry officer of the allegation, prayed to the court to freeze the accounts.
ACC Public Prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir who moved the application before the court on behalf of the ACC confirmed the update.
Shah Kamal has a total of Tk 57.56 million in 12 accounts while Tk 37.63 million was found deposited in seven bank accounts of his wife.
In the plea, the ACC official mentioned that the couple had amassed a huge amount of money through illegal means and there is a possibility of money laundering if their bank accounts are not frozen immediately.
On August 17, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested Shah Kamal from the city's Mohakhali area. He is now in jail.
Earlier on August 16, DMP conducted a raid and recovered cash worth around Tk 31.1 million, in both local and foreign currencies, from Kamal's house at Babar Road in the capital's Mohammadpur area.
Shah Kamal served as secretary from 2015 to 2019 and as a senior secretary from 2019 to 2020.
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