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ACC allowed to freeze bank accounts of ex-MP Salim

Court Correspondent
A Dhaka court yesterday allowed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACO to freeze the bank accounts of detained former BNP lawmaker MAH Salim and his family members in connection with a case filed against them for amassing wealth through illegal means.
Meantime, the same court
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granted an ACC petition seeking permission to seize a locker of former BNP lawmaker Nadim Mostafa,s wife at the Gulshan branch of BSIC Bank Ltd in connection with a corruption case filed against Nadim and his wife.
Besides, the judgement in the arms case filed against Khondaker Akhter Hamid Paban, son of Khaleda Zia-appointed BNP Secretary General Khondaker Delwar Hossain, and four others will be delivered on March 31.
CASE,AGAINST SALIM
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Goiam Rabbani passed the order after ACC Assistant Director Shamsul Alam, also the investigation officer (10) of the case, submitted a petition seeking permission to freeze the bank accounts of Salim and his family members.
The family members are Salim's wife Amena Begum, daughter Sahara selim, and sons Mehedi Hassan and Samith Hassan.
In the petition, the IO mentioned that Salim and four others deposited a huge amount of money in different bank accounts that should be frozen for the sake of proper investigation into the case.
Salim had deposited the money at different branches of Eastern Bank Ltd, Dhaka Bank Ltd, Bank Asia Ltd, Social Investment Bank Ltd, Brack Bank Ltd, Al Arafa Ltd, City Bank Ltd. One Bank Ltd, Premier Bank Ltd, IF1C Bank Ltd. Uttara Bank Ltd in the city while his wife, sons and daughter deposited money at Eastern Bank Ltd.
On December 6 last year, ACC Assistant Director Ali Akbar filed the case with Ramna police against them.
In the first information report, the complainant said Salim concealed information about TK 62.96 crore and ill-gotten property worth Tk 12.38 crore in the wealth statement submitted to the ACC.
CASE AGAINST NADIM'S WIFE The same court passed the order after ACC Assistant Director SM Rashedur Raja, also the IO of the case, submitted a prayer for seizure of Nadim's wife Nurunnahar
Parul's locker kept at the Gulshan branch ofBSIC Bank Ltd.
On December 12 last year, ACC Assistant Director Ali Akbar filed the case against Nadim and his wife Parul for amassing Tk 3,03,23,139 illegally.
CASEAGAINSTPABAN
After completion of arguments by the prosecution and the defence, Judge Mohammad Shafiul Azam of the Special Tribunal 12 set the date for delivery of the judgement against Paban and others.
During the arguments, the prosecution made submissions for giving maximum punishment to the accused involved with the incidents while the defence made submissions for acquittal of their clients.
On October 29 last year. Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Paban raiding a Japan Garden City apartment in the city's Mohammadpur area following information gathered from three of his associates arrested on October 27.
Later, Rab seized two illegal foreign made firearms--a pistol and a revolver—along with nine bullets and a motorbike from Dhaka Flood Protection Embankment at Panchabati near Pallabi.
Paban's associates—Anwar Hossain, Masud Ali alias Apu and Delwar Hossain alias Ratan— were also arrested while his cousin Nahid alias Mota Nahid is still at large.