Banks asked to freeze accounts of Saifuzzaman, Arafat, their wives

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has instructed all banks to freeze accounts of former Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed, his wife United Commercial Bank Chairman Rukhmila Zaman, former State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad A Arafat and his wife Sharmin Mustary.

A senior official of the anti-money laundering agency confirmed the matter on Monday.

In a letter, the intelligence unit asked the banks to block all types of withdrawals through the individual or business accounts at their names.

According to the BFIU’s letter, the bank accounts of the stated individuals and the companies owned by them will be frozen for 30 days as per the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012.