The order was issued on Monday by the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz following an application by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)
File image of former acting mayor of Gazipur City Corporation Asadur Rahman Kiron. Photo: Collected
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File image of former acting mayor of Gazipur City Corporation Asadur Rahman Kiron. Photo: Collected
A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of 41 bank accounts belonging to former acting mayor of Gazipur City Corporation Asadur Rahman Kiron, his family members and their associated entities amid an ongoing corruption inquiry.
The order was issued on Monday by the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz following an application by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
The information was confirmed by bench assistant Md Riaz Hossain.
According to court sources, a total of Tk3,725,934 is currently held in the frozen accounts.
On behalf of the ACC, Deputy Director Alamgir Hossain filed the petition seeking the freezing of the accounts. In the application, the ACC stated that the substantial funds deposited in the accounts of Asadur Rahman Kiron, his family members, and their associated entities appear unusual and suspicious.
It prima facie appears that the accused persons accumulated the money in the accounts through abuse of power and various irregularities and corrupt practices, the application said.
The ACC further noted that there is a risk that the funds could be withdrawn at any time and transferred abroad or concealed, making it necessary to freeze the accounts as part of the ongoing investigation.
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