Court orders to seize assets of Matiur, family

Court Correspondent :

A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered to confiscate all moveable and immoveable properties of Matiur Rahman, former National Board of Revenue official and his family members in connection with corruption allegations against them.

The family members are- Laila Kaniz Lucky, Matiur’s wife and also Upazila Parishad Chairman of Narsingdi’s Raipura, their son Ahmed Taufiqur Rahman and daughter Farzana Rahman Ipshita, and Matiur’s second wife Shammi Akhter Shewly.

Judge Mohammad Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court of Dhaka passed the order after Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Md Anowar Hossain, also the Enquiry Officer, applied to the court in this regard. 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 immoveable properties are- 2,212.35 decimals of land in Dhaka’s Savar, Mymensingh’s Valuka, Gazipur, Natore’s Singra and Narsingdi’s Shibpur, and four flats measuring a total of 7,248 square feet- located in Dhaka’s Mirpur area.

The moveable properties are TK 13,44,36,471 deposited in 116 bank accounts of the country.

However, the court also ordered to freeze all 116 bank accounts.

The accused also opened 23 beneficiary owner’s (BO) accounts of different brokerage houses.

ACC Public Prosecutor (PP) Mahmud Hossain Jahangir moved the application on behalf of the watchdog.

On June 24, the same court issued a travel ban on Matiur Rahman, Laila Kaniz Lucky and 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 a huge amount of wealth through illegal means.