A Dhaka court has asked the authorities concerned to freeze 194 bank accounts of Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim over a money laundering case.
Dhaka Senior Special Judge KM Imrul Kayesh passed the order following a petition filed by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Monday.
Senior Assistant Superintendent of police Abu Syed of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed the petition before the court seeking its order to freeze the bank accounts of GK Shamim, reports UNB.
On September 23, 2019, the Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) asked all the banks and financial institutions to freeze the bank accounts of GK Shamim and his company.
Later, a writ petition was filed seeking reactivation of his accounts.
On September 20, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim and seized Tk1.80 crore in cash, Tk165.27 crore worth of fixed deposit receipts (FDR), alcohol and firearms, from Niketon in Dhaka's Gulshan area.
During the raid at GK Shamim's residence, RAB also detained seven of his bodyguards and seized their arms.
RAB then took Shamim to his business office, GKB & Company Private Limited, also in Niketon and conducted a raid there.