Info on bank accounts of ex-speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, family sought

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has sought the bank account information of five people including former speaker of parliament Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, her husband and children.

The BFIU has sent letters in this regard to various banks and financial institutions in the country.

In the BFIU letter, instructions were given to submit the bank account information of Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, her husband Syed Ishtiaq Hossain, their son Syed Ibtesham Rafiq and daughter Lamisa Shirin Hossain and Md Shafiul Islam.

Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury resigned as Speaker on 2 September, 27 days after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government.

Shireen Sharmin Chaudhury was elected Member of Parliament from a seat in Rangpur. After the Awami League came to power in the 2008 election, Abdul Hamid was elected Speaker. When he was elected as the President, Shireen Sharmin was elected as Speaker on 30 April 2013. She has been in this position since then.

Mentionable, a murder case was filed against Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, former commerce minister Tipu Munshi and 17 others in connection with the shooting death of gold worker Muslim Uddin in Rangpur.