Banks asked to freeze accounts of Jalil, family

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday asked all the banks concerned to freeze the accounts of Awami League (AL) General Secretary Abdul Jalil and his family members.
The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the NBR issued a letter asking the banks to freeze the accounts of Jalil and five of his family members and provide it with all necessary information within 10 days.
The banks were asked to provide information about individual or joint current and savings accounts, term deposits, loan accounts, foreign currency accounts, credit card, vault and transaction records of the AL leader and his family members
Jalil, who had been arrested on May 28 this year, was sued by the Anti-Corruption Commission on December 18 for concealing information in his wealth statement and amassing assets beyond known income sources.