A Dhaka court today ordered to freeze 617 bank accounts and 92 deeds of immovable properties of Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul, the independent lawmaker from Laxmipur-2 constituency, and three others in a graft case.
The other accused are: Papul's wife Selina Islam, their daughter Wafa Islam, and Papul's sister-in-law Jesmin Prodhan.
Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka passed the order after ACC Deputy Director Mohammad Salahuddin, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted a petition.
On November 11, the ACC filed the case against Papul and three others with its Integrated District Office-1 of Dhaka.
In the case statement, the ACC said Papul deposited Tk 148.41 crore black money to different bank accounts of his sister-in-law Jesmin to cover his tracks.
Moreover, his wife and daughter have transferred their ill-begotten money to Jesmin's account.
The ACC also brought charges against the main accused, Jesmin, of illegally accumulating Tk 2.31 crore.
The allegations surfaced after newspapers in Kuwait reported in February that Papul was running a human trafficking racket in the Middle Eastern country.
According to the case, Jesmin's national identity card mentioned that she was born on August 20, 1995, but her passport said her date of birth was November 4, 1997.
She opened an e-TIN account on October 25, 2017, when she was a student, but she had never submitted her income tax returns.
Between October 6, 2016 and August 20, 2019, different individuals and she herself deposited and withdrew about Tk 135.22 crore, reads the FIR.
Papul was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department in Kuwait on June 6. He was sent to prison there.
The ACC on February 16, opened an enquiry into the illegal wealth of Papul and his family members.
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