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DHAKA, May 24, 2025 (BSS) - The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has frozen 35 bank accounts of journalist Munni Saha, her husband Kabir Hossain along with several others and entities.
The Financial Crime Unit (FCU) of the CID seized the bank accounts of Taka over 18.16 crore belonging to Munni Saha and others, said a press release here today.
The CID claimed that Munni Saha and her husband Kabir Hossain used their journalism profession to illegally influence others and earn money through fraud and extortion.
The CID received a complaint that the illegally earned money was being transacted through bank accounts operated in the name of Munni Saha, her husband and interested parties.
The FCU started an investigation into the allegation of money laundering against Munni Saha and others under Anti-Money Laundering Policy, 2019.
During the initial investigation, the investigating officer found that Munni Saha and her husband Kabir Hossain, and some individuals and entities linked to them made suspicious transactions of Taka over 18.16 crore at various times.
As the transactions in the said bank accounts are found to be suspicious during the initial investigation, an application was submitted by the investigating officer to seize them.
In view of the said application, the Senior Special Judge, Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Dhaka passed an order to freeze 35 bank accounts of the above-mentioned suspect Munni Saha and her husband Kabir Hossain and their interested persons and entities.
