Dhaka, Feb 26 (V7N)-A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of transactions in three perpetual bond accounts held in the names of former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor and former Dhaka-6 MP Sayeed Khokon, his wife Farhana Sayeed and his mother Shahana Hanif.
These perpetual bonds have a total investment of Tk90 crore.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib issued this order in response to a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday.
Additionally, the court has ordered the confiscation of a 14-storey building in Gulshan and two houses in Banani, owned by Sayeed Khokon.
Furthermore, land and a house in Baridhara under the ownership of his mother, Shahana Hanif, have also been seized.
The petition was submitted by ACC Deputy Director Masudur Rahman, which was subsequently granted by the court.
According to the petition, bank accounts operated under the names of Shahana Hanif, Mohammad Sayeed Khokon, Javed Ahmed and Fatema Khatun have exhibited unusual transactions.
Moreover, various allegations of corruption have been brought against former DSCC Mayor Sayeed Khokon and other officials.
Evidence suggests that Sayeed Khokon misused his position and political influence to amass substantial assets both domestically and internationally.
At this stage of the investigation, it has been deemed necessary to immediately freeze the Tk90 crore investment made through three accounts operated under the names of Sayeed Khokon, Farhana Sayeed and Shahana Hanif at City Brokerage Limited in perpetual bonds of City Bank PLC.
Earlier, on February 10, the court had issued an order to freeze 79 bank accounts belonging to Sayeed Khokon and his family.
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