Former food minister Advocate Kamrul Islam. File Photo

DHAKA, April 10, 2025(BSS)- A court here today ordered to freeze 16 bank accounts of former food minister Advocate Kamrul Islam following a petition submitted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Senior Special Judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order in this regard .

Deputy Director of the public relations department of the ACC Aktarul Islam told   reporters.

The ACC in its petition told the court that huge suspicious transactions were made through these accounts with different commercial banks and financial institutions. 
The anti-graft body came to know that the money and moveable properties belonging to Kamrul Islam may handover, transfer or sale to others. As a result, the ACC prayed for freezing those bank accounts for the sake of proper investigation against him.

The former minister was arrested by police from Uttara sector-12 in the capital on November 18 last year. 

The court on February 11 following a petition submitted by the ACC, ordered to show him arrested  in connection with a corruption case. He has been staying in prison.