Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to confiscate more moveable and immovable properties of former NBR official Matiur Rahman and his family members in connection with corruption allegations against them.
The other family members are Matiur’s wife Laila Kaniz Lucky, also Upazila pparishad Chairman of Narsingdi’s Raipura, their son Ahmed Taufiqur Rahman Arnob and daughter Farzana Rahman Ipshita, and Matiur’s second wife Shammi Akhter Shewly and one of their close relative MA Kaiyum.
Judge Mohammad Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court of Dhaka passed the order after Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Md Anowar Hossain, also the Inquiry Officer (IO) applied to the court.
In the application, the ACC official said Matiur and his family members were attempting to transfer the properties and to launder the money. So, an order was needed to prevent them from making such attempts, said the IO.
The immovable properties are a total of 137.28 decimals land in Gazipur’s Tongi and a flat measuring 8070 square feet located in Dhaka’s Basundhara residential area.
They also opened 19 beneficiary owner’s (BO) accounts with different brokerage houses.
ACC Public Prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir moved the application on behalf of the watchdog.
Earlier on July 11, the same court ordered to confiscate all moveable and immovable properties of Matiur Rahman and his family members.
The immovable properties are a total of 2,212.35 decimals of land in Dhaka’s Savar, Mymensingh’s Valuka, Gazipur, Natore’s Singra and Narsingdi’s Shibpur, and four flats totaling 7,248 square feet located in Dhaka’s Mirpur area.
The moveable properties are Tk 13,44,36,471 deposited at 116 bank accounts in the country.
The court also ordered to freeze all 116 bank accounts.
They also opened 23 beneficiary owner’s (BO) accounts with different brokerage houses.
On June 24, the same court issued a travel ban on Matiur Rahman, his wife Laila and son Taufiqur Rahman Arnob in connection with corruption allegations against them.
Earlier, the ACC formed a three-member committee to enquire into the allegations brought against them over amassing huge wealth through illegal means.
