Court orders freeze on Tk 870mn in 114 more bank accounts of Towfika Karim

A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of 114 more bank accounts of former Citizens Bank chairman Towfika Aftab alias Towfika Karim, containing around Tk 870 million. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Sabbir Faiz issued the order on Monday following an application by police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Earlier, an order was issued to freeze the bank accounts of Towfika, a “trusted” lawyer of former law minister Anisul Huq. CID Sub-Inspector (SI) Md Moniruzzaman filed a plea to block 114 of her accounts in multiple banks. They contained Tk 869.84 million. Prior to the freeze, the CID told the court that illegal transactions amounting to Tk 6.53 billion had taken place through these accounts. Moniruzzaman said: “We are investigating the matter...