SEC asks companies to report shares of Huda, Abbas

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday asked all listed companies in Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges, and Merchant Bank to submit detailed share information of eight corruption suspects, including former minister Nazmul Huda and his family, and former minister Mirza Abbas's son, brother and brother's wife and children.
The SEC sent letters to all the listed companies asking share information of the eight persons by August 23, sources said. The direction came following a request by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), which requested the information for the sake of investigation in corruption cases.
Earlier, Bangladesh Bank and National Board of Revenue sought bank account details of the persons.
The companies have been directed to provide information about shares, debentures, dates of their purchase and total number of shares the persons own.
The SEC sought share information of Nazmul Huda, his wife Sigma Huda and their daughters Antara Selima Huda and Srabonti Amina Huda, Mirza Abbas's son Mirza Arafat Abbas Apan, Mirza Abbas's brother Mirza Khokon, his wife Masuda Islam and their children Kainat Mirza Shasha and Kasfa Mirza Bhasha.