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7 bank accounts linked to Independent TV CEO Shamsur frozen
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Shahjahan Kabir passed the order
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Published: 02 Nov 2026, 04:31 PM
Photo: Collected
A Dhaka court on Monday ordered the freezing of seven bank accounts belonging to M Shamsur Rahman, chief executive officer and editor of Independent Television, and entities linked to his interests, over allegations of acquiring assets beyond known sources of income and laundering money abroad.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Shahjahan
Kabir passed the order following a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption
Commission (ACC), said ACC Public Relations Officer Tanzir Ahmed.
According to the ACC petition, an inquiry is
underway into allegations of share market manipulation and fraud involving
Salman F Rahman, former adviser to the ousted prime minister on private
industry and investment and chairman of Beximco Group, and others.
The allegations include misappropriating thousands
of crores of taka from shareholders through placement share manipulation and
fraud, securing and embezzling around Tk36,000 crore in loans from various
public and private banks by abusing influence, and laundering huge amounts of
money abroad.
The allegation against M Shamsur Rahman concerning
the acquisition of assets beyond known sources of income and money laundering
was subsequently attached to the inquiry.
During the inquiry, the ACC identified seven bank
accounts linked to Shamsur Rahman and his interests at City Bank, IFIC Bank,
Meghna Bank, Premier Bank and Standard Chartered Bank, the petition said.
The ACC said it had received information from
reliable sources that the account holders were attempting to transfer or
otherwise move the funds.
It added that the court's intervention was necessary
to freeze the accounts in the interest of a fair investigation and justice.