Dismissed army officer Ziaul Ahsan's bank account seized

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has seized the bank account of retired Army Major General Ziaul Ahsan. At the same time, the transactions of the bank accounts of his wife and children and their owned businesses have been suspended.

On Monday (August 19), BFIU sent instructions in this regard to banks and financial institutions in the country.

According to BFIU instructions, all transactions through these individuals and business accounts will be closed. For the next 30 days, you will not be able to do any kind of transaction. If necessary, this period of suspending the transaction will be extended.

BFIU's letter said that relevant provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Rules will apply to this order to suspend transactions. In the letter, Ziaul Ahsan and his wife and children's names, national identity card information are given.

The BFIU directive further states that banks and financial institutions have been asked to send account-related information or documents such as account opening form, KYC and transaction statement etc. to them within 5 working days from the date of issue of the letter in case of suspension of an account.