Judicial sources revealed that a special criminal court in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, had ordered the freezing of 617 bank accounts belonging to the Kuwait-based Bangladeshi businessman, MP and a number of his associates, Al Rai daily reported.
These accounts were alleged to have been used to move money they were gaining illegally from human trafficking and other illegal activities over the years.
The decision was issued by Judge K. M. Amrul Kaysh based on evidence provided by the criminal investigator, Muhammad Salah al-Din, director of the Anti-Corruption Commission, responsible for investigations into the case.
According to the same sources, it is estimated that the frozen accounts still contain amounts totaling between $15 and $17 million, most of which is likely from human trafficking activities he was involved in Kuwait and other Gulf countries.
The court responded to dozens of requests for the confiscation of 30-acres plot of agricultural land and luxury apartments and real estate in one of Dhaka’s most prestigious neighborhoods.
The court judge approved a petition to release on bail the Bangladeshi Businessman’s wife and daughter in the criminal case in which they and others are being tried.
The Bangladeshi former MP stands accused of money laundering, human trafficking, visa trading and bribery. He ran four companies in Kuwait providing cleaning services and employs 9,000 cleaning workers. He had 34 government contracts.
A daily reported that the arrest of the accused came on the basis of security investigations after five Bangladeshis stated he had brought them from his country, and they had been working in another company owned by a Kuwaiti and did not receive their salaries.
Following a complaint filed on February 16, the Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh began an enquiry into an allegation that the Bangladeshi former MP amassed Tk 1,400 crore by trafficking people to Kuwait and laundered the money to different countries.
Also in February, Kuwaiti media reported that three Bangladeshis were operating a human trafficking racket in the Middle Eastern country.
According to the report, the trio “occupied sensitive positions” in three major companies that brought over 20,000 Bangladeshi workers to Kuwait in exchange for an amount believed to be more than Tk 1,391.6 crore.
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