A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of 28 bank accounts and two BO accounts in the names of former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) joint police commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarkar and his wife Hosne Ara Begum over corruption allegations.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court Acting Judge Md Alamgir passed the order on Thursday following an application filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), court sources said.
ACC Assistant Director Russell Rony submitted the application seeking the freezing of the accounts on behalf of the commission. Bench assistant Md Riaz Hossain confirmed the development.
According to the application, the investigation revealed that Biplob Kumar Sarkar and others allegedly amassed illegal income through bribery and corruption while serving as government officials, using their own names as well as those of close associates.
The ACC is probing allegations of money laundering and acquisition of assets beyond known sources of income, including the purchase of properties in the names of Biplab Kumar Sarkar and Hosne Ara Begum. Investigators also informed the court that attempts were being made to transfer funds from the bank and BO accounts.
The ACC argued that if the assets were transferred or withdrawn, it would become difficult to recover the money later. Therefore, the court ordered the immediate freezing of the accounts under Rule 18 of the Anti-Corruption Commission Rules, 2007, and Section 14 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012.
Earlier, on December 9, the same court barred Biplob Kumar Sarkar, his wife Hosne Ara Begum, his brother Pranoy Kumar Sarkar and Hosne Ara’s sister Shahanara Begum from leaving the country.
