BB seeks banking info of 24 graft suspects
List contains Koko, ex-ministers Altaf, Sajeda
Staff Correspondent
The central bank yesterday asked all banks for account details of 24 corruption suspects, including former prime minister Khaleda Zia's son Arafat Rahman Koko, BNP leader Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, Awami League (AL) leader Sajeda Chowdhury and business tycoon Musa Bin Shamsher by Sunday. The National Coordination Committee on Combating Corruption and Crime has sought the information through the Bangladesh Bank (BB), sources said. The other corrupt suspects includes Tanvirul Islam, son of BNP leader Maj (retd) Quamrul Islam, Akter Hamid Khan Paban, son of former chief whip Khandaker Delwar Hossain, Sajed Akbar, son of Sajeda Chowdhury, Dipu Chowdhury, son of AL leader Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, Moyeen Abdullah, son of former AL chief whip Abul Hasnat Abdullah, Masud, son of ex-AL lawmaker Hazi Mokbul Hossain, Jewel, son of ex-AL MP Kamal Ahmed Majumder, Hedayetullah, son of former AL MP Rahmatullah, Barisal City Corporation Mayor Mojibar Rahman Sarwar and Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Badaruddin Kamran. The list also includes former state minister for law Shahjahan Omar, former state minister for sports Fazlur Rahman Patal, AL leader Prof Rafiqul Islam, ex-BNP lawmaker Nadim Mostafa, AL leader Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury Liton, BNP leader of Keraniganj Mohammad Nazimuddin, former chief engineer of Roads and Highways Department Faizur Rahman, former prime minister's (Khaleda Zia) assignment officer Dr Firoz Mahmud Iqbal, former vice chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Dr MA Hadi and BNP leader and Power Development Board CBA leader Zafrul Hasan. As per the BB directive, the banks will have to submit detailed information on transactions made through personal accounts, joint accounts and accounts of concerned business enterprises, beginning from the opening of the accounts till date. Earlier, the National Taskforce on Combating Corruption and Crime declared names of 50 corruption suspects officially and other 50 unofficially. As it is undertaking more investigation, new names other than these, would be included in its list, sources said. Sources in the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) sources said the commission will file cases against the suspects only if it can collect adequate proofs supporting the allegations against them. "Asking the account details of the corruption suspects is part of this process," an ACC official said requesting anonymity.
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