Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has ordered the suspension of bank accounts of United Commercial Bank (UCB) chairman Sharif Zaheer and his family members. Bangladesh Bank has taken this decision in view of an application from the Central Intelligence Cell of the National Board of Revenue. It is learned that the bank accounts of Sharif Zaheer along with his mother Kamrun Nahar, younger brother Asif Zaheer and Syed Ishtiaq Alam have also been asked to be frozen.
It is said in that application, 'For the purpose of preserving the interest of the Government Revenue, all the accounts maintained in your bank in the name of the person and his family members (father, mother, brother, sister, wife, son and daughter) under the authority given in section 223 of the Income Tax Act, 2023 ( (including credit cards, debit cards etc.) are requested to take necessary measures to suspend withdrawal/transfer of funds and transfer of funds/assets from lockers or vaults.'
