Directive to attach properties, freeze 10 accounts of ex-MP Durjo

A Dhaka court has directed to attach a Lalmatia flat, three-katha plot and two vehicles and freeze 10 bank accounts and two insurance policies of former member of parliament (MP) and cricketer Naimur Rahman Durjoy.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order on Tuesday.

According to the case documents, Durjoy, while an Awami League lawmaker, amassed illegal wealth of Taka 11.21 crore. 

Misusing his power, he extorted Taka 4.22 crore from Manikganj Power Generation Limited. 

Durjoy is also accused of making suspicious transactions of around Taka 94 crore through 22 bank accounts.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) assistant director Tapas Bhattacharya filed the case.

It was filed against him under section 27 (1) of The Anti-corruption Commission Act, 2004, section 5 (2) of The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, and sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012.