Court orders to freeze 8 bank accounts of Sayeed Khokon & all family members.
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Strict ordered Dhaka court has freeze eight bank accounts of the former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sayeed Khokon and all his family members — wife Farhana Alam, sister Shahana Hanif and mother Fatema Hanif — as a part of an investigation into the allegation of “amassing illegal wealth”.
Dhaka court Sunday Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Senior Special Judge’s Court of Dhaka yesterday passed the order after Jalal Uddin Ahmed, a deputy director of the Anti-Corruption Commission who is also head of the inquiry team, submitted an application seeking permission for freezing their bank accounts in this regard.
In the application, the investigating officer said that a large amount of money had been transacted in those bank accounts.
For a fair investigation into the allegations, the accounts need to be blocked on an urgent basis to ensure that no money is withdrawn, handed over, or transferred from those accounts, the IO also said.
During the investigation, it was learned that the former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sayeed Khokon is trying to transfer money from those accounts, the application stated.
