Dhaka court orders ACC to freeze 18 bank accounts of ex-lawmaker Awal, his wife Star Online Report Star Online Report
A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 18 bank accounts and seize documents of 40 scheduled immovable properties of former lawmaker from Pirojpur AKMA Awal and his wife Laila Parvin in two graft cases.
Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Senior Special Judge s Court of Dhaka passed the order after Md Ali Akbar, deputy director of ACC and also the investigation officer of the cases, submitted two separate petitions.
Earlier on September 29 last year, the ACC filed two separate cases against the then lawmaker of Awami League Awal and his wife with its Integrated District Office-1 of Dhaka. Awal was sued for amassing Tk 33 crore illegally while Laila was sued for acquiring Tk 10.98 crore illegally.