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Published : 13 Feb 2025, 05:40 PM
A Dhaka court has ordered the blocking of 16 bank accounts belonging to former social welfare minister Dipu Moni with funds amounting to Tk 23.9 million.
Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib gave the order on Thursday after hearing a plea from the Anti-Corruption Commission.
The ACC petitioned to freeze 16 bank accounts belonging to Dipu Moni, who also served as the country’s first female foreign minister, alleging that she attempted to transfer or misappropriate movable assets.
A total of Tk 310.93 million was deposited in these bank accounts and she later withdrew Tk 287.05 million from them, according to ACC.
Dipu Moni is the joint general secretary of the Awami league. During the 15 years of Awami League regime, she served in the cabinet as foreign minister, education minister and social welfare minister.
After the Awami League government fell on Aug 5 in the face of a mass uprising, Dipu Moni was arrested from Dhaka’s Baridhara on Aug 19. She is currently in prison.
On Monday, the ACC prosecuted Dipu Moni and her husband over allegations of acquiring nearly Tk 80 million in illegal assets and engaging in suspicious transactions amounting to Tk 600 million.
Two cases were lodged on Monday, according to ACC Director General Md Akhter Hossain.
In the first case, Dipu Moni, a former MP from Chandpur-3, has been accused of abusing her official position to unlawfully amass Tk 59.2 million in assets outside her known sources of income.
The ACC also flagged "suspicious" transactions totalling Tk 597.9 million in 28 bank accounts under her name.
The second case names both Dipu Moni and her husband Taufiq Nawaz as defendants.
The ACC alleges that the couple colluded in abusing power, bribery, and corruption to acquire Tk 19.6 million in “illegal” assets.
