Court freezes 141 accounts of Sonali Life chairman, family members

A court in Dhaka on Sunday ordered to freeze 141 bank accounts of former chairman of Sonali Life Insurance Company Limited Mostafa Golam Kuddus, his family members and former CFO of the company.

Senior Special Judge of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order following a petition submitted by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), ACC Deputy Director (DD) Aktarul Islam said, reports BSS.

The court also ordered to freeze 11 BO (Beneficiary Owner) accounts of the company.

The court also asked to freeze accounts of the directors of the company. They are- Fauzia Kamrun Tania, Mostafa Kamrus Sobhan, Shafia Sobhan Chowdhury, Tasnia Kamrun Anika, Fazlutunnesa, and Nur-e-Hafza- all are family members of Mostafa Golam Kuddus, former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company Mir Rashed Bin Aman.

The ACC in its petition submitted to the court said the accused persons in connivance with each other illegally withdrawn Taka 1.87 billion (187.84 crore) from the fund of the company.

The ACC during the investigation came to know that the accused persons were trying to hand over and transfer their intangible assets to the accounts of others, the ACC petition said requesting the court to freeze the bank accounts of the company, accounts of all concerned persons for the sake of investigation.

After hearing of the petition the court issued the order to freeze the accounts.