Court Correspondent :
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has asked banks to freeze all accounts belonging to Mahbubul Alam Hanif, a former lawmaker and Joint General Secretary of Awami League.
The BFIU has sent directives to all banks and financial institutes in this regard yesterday.
The anti-money laundering agency also instructed banks to suspend the transactions in the personal and privately-owned institutional accounts of Hanif for a period of 30 days in the first instance.
The intelligence unit also sought an update of the accounts within two working days since the issuance of the order.
