GK Shamim’s Firm: HC upholds govt decision to freeze bank accounts
The High Court yesterday upheld a government decision to freeze bank accounts of SM Golam Kibria Shamim’s business organisation, GKB & Company (Pvt) Ltd.
The court rejected a writ petition filed by GKB & Company (Pvt) Ltd recently, seeking its order on the government to withdraw the decision of freezing the bank accounts.
The bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Md Mahmud Hassan Talukder passed the rejection order, on grounds that the petition was not placed before it properly.
The bank accounts of GKB Company Private Ltd will remain frozen following the HC order, Additional Attorney General Murad Reza told The Daily Star.
Advocate Md Ozi Ullah appeared for the writ petitioner.
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has ordered all banks to freeze accounts of GK Shamim and his company.
Meanwhile, investigation officials of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday quizzed expelled Jubo League Dhaka South Organising Secretary Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan and contractor Golam Kibria Shamim.
On October 21, ACC filed two separate cases against Khaled and Shamim respectively for amassing Tk 5.58 crore and Tk 297.08 crore wealth beyond the known source of income.
Khaled was brought to ACC at about 3pm while ACC quizzed Shamim for the second consecutive day from 10am.
According to the FIR, Khaled showed his movable property worth Tk 1.66 crore. However, ACC believes the value of the property would be Tk 4.50 crore.
Besides, Khaled in his 2018-19 income tax file showed having immovable property worth Tk 1.32 crore. Of these, ACC did not find legal source of Tk 90.16 lakh.
According to case statement, Shamim amassed immovable property worth Tk 50 crore and movable property worth Tk 39.69 crore in 2018-19.
However, ACC did not find any legal source of the wealth.
ACC also did not find legal source of Tk 43.57 crore wealth of GKB Company Private Ltd which is jointly owned by Shamim and his mother.
The FIR reads that during the September 20 raid, Rab recovered Tk 1.81 crore cash, USD 9,000 and Fixed Deposit Receipts of Tk 165 crore from Shamim’s house.
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