Court orders to freeze 33 bank accounts of Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, wife

The accounts have more than Tk 62.8 million, says the Anti-Corruption Commission

A court has issued an order to freeze 33 bank accounts under the names of former home minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir and his wife Sitara Alamgir.

The accounts had more than $62.8 million, says the Anti-Corruption Commission.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz issued the order on Tuesday after hearing the ACC's petition.

Md Riaz Hossain, the court’s bench assistant, said that ACC Assistant Director Mohammad Shahjahan Miraj filed a petition for an order to freeze these bank accounts.

The petition said 33 individual accounts of Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir and Sitara Alamgir at various branches of IFIC Bank, Bangladesh Krishi Bank, City Bank, Dutch Bangla Bank, Exim Bank, Mercantile Bank, Padma Bank, Jamuna Bank, Madhumoti Bank, and Prime Bank had deposits of more than Tk 512.8 million and $6,188 from Jul 19, 2009 to September 2024.

During this period, Tk 449.5 million and $6,000 were withdrawn from the accounts.

The balance in those 33 accounts now stood at Tk 62.8 million and $188 as of September 2024.

The ACC says, "A review of the information in these accounts reveals that the transactions from the time the accounts were opened until September 2024 appear to be unusual and suspicious. According to different sources, the accused are trying to withdraw money kept in their bank accounts and move it elsewhere. Besides, there’s a possibility they are laundering the money illegally using these bank accounts."

The petition states that it is "necessary" to freeze these bank accounts for the sake of a "fair" investigation.