Moudud's 35 FDRs in banks frozen
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
FE Report
The government has frozen 35 fixed deposit receipts (FDRs) of former law minister Moudud Ahmed in 35 banks.
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and banking sources said the former BNP-lawmaker has invested Tk 27 million in those FDRs using some fake names.
He concealed the information in his wealth statement submitted to the ACC.
In an investigation, it has been found that he has transferred the FDRs to some fake names before his arrest.
Moudud has invested 19 FDRs in fake names through one cheque. The ACC is referring the matter to the court, said ACC secretary Mokhlesur Rahman.
ACC investigation officer Shariful Huq Siddiqui also confirmed the allegation saying the former lawmaker used fake names against those FDRs.
All the FDRs have been frozen restricting Moudud from withdrawal of cash, he said adding that the ACC did not find any existence of those names and addresses used in the FDRs.
The government has frozen 35 fixed deposit receipts (FDRs) of former law minister Moudud Ahmed in 35 banks.
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and banking sources said the former BNP-lawmaker has invested Tk 27 million in those FDRs using some fake names.
He concealed the information in his wealth statement submitted to the ACC.
In an investigation, it has been found that he has transferred the FDRs to some fake names before his arrest.
Moudud has invested 19 FDRs in fake names through one cheque. The ACC is referring the matter to the court, said ACC secretary Mokhlesur Rahman.
ACC investigation officer Shariful Huq Siddiqui also confirmed the allegation saying the former lawmaker used fake names against those FDRs.
All the FDRs have been frozen restricting Moudud from withdrawal of cash, he said adding that the ACC did not find any existence of those names and addresses used in the FDRs.