Court freezes Hasina, Rehana's Bangabandhu Memorial Trust Fund FD

A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered to freeze a fixed deposit (FD) account titled Bangabandhu Memorial Trust Fund of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed, daughter Saima Wazed and her sister Sheikh Rehana at NCC Bank PLC.

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

ACC deputy director Monirul Islam filed the plea before the court, saying the FD is of Tk16.12 crore.

"Sheikh Hasina, Sajeeb Wazed, Saima Wazed and Sheikh Rehana are trying to hand over, transfer the movable properties from their accounts and that is why the account should be frozen," the plea said.