A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze 29 bank accounts of former lawmaker from Narayanganj-4 constituency Shamim Osman, his wife Salma Osman, their son Imtinan Osman, their daughter Labiba Zoha Angona and their beneficiaries over corruption allegations against them.
The former lawmaker and others deposited Tk 12,87,74,520.67 in these accounts.
The court also ordered the confiscation of a plot in Purbachal and nine kathas of land in Dhaka's Uttara.
The market value of the immovable properties stands at Tk 1,73,60,000.
Judge Md Zakir Hossain of the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order after ACC Deputy Director Rezaul Karim, who is leading the inquiry team, submitted an application.
ACC Public Prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir applied on behalf of the anti-graft body.
In the application, the ACC official said he came to know from a credible source that Shamim Osman and others were attempting to transfer the properties elsewhere. So, an order is needed to prevent them from doing so.
Earlier on February 25, the same court issued a travel ban on Shamim Osman and his family members in connection with corruption allegations against them.
Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5 last year, multiple murder and attempted murder cases were filed against Shamim Osman and his family at different police stations in Dhaka and Narayanganj.
