2024-08-20 11:41:42
Published: 19:12, 19 August 2024
Faridpur-1 constituencies in mass communication. Liaquat Sikdar. file image
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has seized the bank accounts of the former president of the Chhatra League and the chairman of the board of trustees of Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology. At the same time, his wife Mahmuda Ali Sikder and their owned business Computer World BD have suspended bank account transactions. The BFIU has directed banks and financial institutions to freeze their bank accounts under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012.
On Monday (August 19), the BFIU sent instructions to the country’s banks and financial institutions in this regard.
According to BFIU instructions, all transactions through these individual and business accounts will be closed. For the next 30 days, no transactions should be made as such. If necessary, this period of suspending the transaction will be extended.
BFIU’s letter said that the relevant section of the Money Laundering Prevention Regulations will be applicable in the case of this instruction to suspend the transaction. Ali Sikder alias Liaqat Ali Sikder and his wife Mahmuda Ali Sikder’s name, National Identity Card details have been provided. At the same time, the bank account of Computer World BD, a company owned by Mahmuda Ali Sikder, has been suspended.
The BFIU directive further states that banks and financial institutions have been asked to send account-related information or documents such as account opening form, KYC and transaction statement etc. to them within 5 working days from the date of issue of the letter in case of suspension of an account.
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