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DHAKA, May 7, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today ordered for freezing shares of 94 companies in 107 Beneficiary Owner (BO) accounts registered under the names of ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina's former adviser Salman F Rahman, his son Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman, their family members and associates.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib issued the order following a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
According to the application, Salman F Rahman and others have been accused of embezzling billions of taka from shareholders through share manipulation and fraud, taking loans of about Taka 36 billion from various government and private banks of the country by using illegal influence, and siphoning off billions of taka abroad.
Their alleged corruption is now under investigation of the ACC, the application said adding for fair investigation it’s necessary to seize their shares.
