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Published : 18 Nov 2025, 12:33 PM
A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of 57 bank accounts belonging to Awami League Presidium member and former minister Jahangir Kabir Nanok, his wife and daughter as part of an ongoing corruption and money laundering investigation.
The order was issued on Tuesday by Shihabul Islam, acting judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court, following a petition by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
The accounts reportedly contain nearly Tk 29 million, according to Riyaz Hossain, a court official.
The ACC petition noted that its investigation had uncovered Tk 321.8 million in “abnormal transactions”, including deposits of Tk 175.6 million and withdrawals totalling Tk 146.3 million across multiple bank accounts.
These accounts were held in the names of Nanak, his Syeda Arjuman Banu, daughter S Amreen Rakhi, and MS Dawn Advertising, a business owned by his wife.
Investigators said those under scrutiny had opened several current, savings, FDR and other accounts in their own names and those of their associates and related entities, and were attempting to transfer or divert the funds.
The ACC argued that freezing the assets was necessary to prevent the money from being moved or misappropriated during the inquiry.
Earlier, on May 18, the same court imposed a travel ban on the three. On Jan 15, the ACC filed a case against Nanok over allegations of laundering Tk 26 billion through a telecom company. His wife and daughter were also implicated in that case.
According to the ACC’s case statement, Arjuman Banu and Amreen, while serving as the chairperson and director of Ratul Telecom Ltd respectively, laundered $33.28 million, equivalent to Tk 25.96 billion, in violation of the Money Laundering Prevention Act.
The ACC alleges that Nanak used his influence as an MP and minister to assist in the illegal transfers, amounting to an offence under both the Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
