Business Report :
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) on Thursday asked banks to freeze the accounts of former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal and former commerce minister Tipu Munshi and their family members.
BFIU, the government agency responsible for investigating money laundering, suspicious transactions, and cash transaction reports, issued the order to freeze the accounts for the next 30 days from on Thursday.
Apart from that, the intelligence unit instructed the banks to suspend their locker facilities for the same period.
The order also asked financial institutions to block any locker facilities provided to the mentioned individuals.
The order has been issued under Section 23 (1) (C) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012.