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Published : 28 Aug 2025, 07:15 PM
A Dhaka court has ordered a freeze on another 120 bank accounts belonging to former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed and his associates, which together hold Tk 442.47 million.
Acting Judge Md Ibrahim Mia of the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judges Court issued the order on Thursday after Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Moshiur Rahman filed a petition.
The agency’s spokesperson Tanzeer Ahmed confirmed the development.
According to the national anti-graft agency, a joint investigation team of nine members, led by Moshiur, has been formed to investigate allegations of money laundering against Saifuzzaman and those linked to him.
The team includes representatives from the ACC, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the National Board of Revenue, it added.
The ACC said in its submission that 39 bank accounts of the former minister and his associates have already been frozen by court order.
It added that the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), the financial sector’s intelligence agency, has separately blocked several accounts, and information on these is being reviewed as part of the inquiry.
Investigators have found preliminary evidence linking the frozen accounts and related persons to Saifuzzaman and institutions connected with him.
The ACC petition said it considers freezing the accounts essential to preserve the integrity of the ongoing probe.
Saifuzzaman is a former MP from Chattogram-13 and the son of late Awami League leader Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu.
