Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat. File Photo

DHAKA, Feb 17, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today ordered to freeze 74 bank 
accounts owned by Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat, former chairman of Padma Bank 
PLC's board of director, his wife Anjuman Ara Shahid and son Chowdhury Rahib 
Safwan Sarafat.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order, 
allowing a petition of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The ACC in its plea said the anti-graft body is probing allegations like 
bribery, forgery, misuse of power, corruption and embezzling Taka around 887 
crore. 

Evidence of suspicious transactions were found in the accounts owned by the 
accused and these should be frozen for the sake of proper investigation, it 
added.