Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has summoned the bank accounts of 21 more journalists.
Those whose bank accounts were subpoenaed on Sunday (January 5) include Dainik Jugantar Editor Saiful Alam, DBC News Chief Correspondent Pranab Saha, former Prime Minister's former Deputy Press Secretary Hasan Zahid Tushar, Independent TV Editor-in-Chief and CEO M Shamsur Rahman, Independent TV News Chief Mamun Abdullah and Independent TV Special Correspondent Animesh do
The list also includes managing editor of Bangladesh daily. Ruhul Amin Russell, Deputy Editor of Bangladesh Daily Mahmud Hasan, Senior Reporter of Daily Khola Kagaz Zafar Ahmed (currently working at BanglaNews), Editor of Daily Jatiya Ekonomiya MG Kibria Chowdhury, Chief Reporter of Our Time.com and Our Economy Deepak Chowdhury, Head of Input of Ekushey TV Akhil Kumar Poddar, Journalist Jhumur Bari of Ekatar TV, Ziadur Rahman, Editor of Ekushe Sangbad.com, Dainik Kalbela's Special Correspondent Angur Nahar Monty and MyTV Chairman Nasir Uddin Sathi.
BFIU's list also includes SA TV Head of News Mahmood Al Faisal, SA TV Executive Director Rashed Kanchan, Bass Senior Reporter Shahnaz Siddiqui, Ekushey TV journalist Rashed Chowdhury and contemporary journalist Rama Prasad.
According to the BFIU letter, instructions have been given to send the information (account opening form, KYC and related documents and up-to-date transaction statements etc.) of these persons (including husband/wife, sons and daughters) and their interest-related bank accounts.
The BFIU had sought the bank account details of the 12 journalists on December 30. The list included former Managing Director of Journalist Welfare Trust Subhash Chandra Badal, Dhaka Times Editor Arifur Rahman Dolan, Bangladesh Post Special Correspondent Nurul Islam Haseeb, Nagrik TV Chief News Editor Dwip Azad, Bangladesh News Agency (BASS) Former Chief News Editor Abul Kalam Azad. And deputy chief message editor. Omar Farooq
Also present were former Director General of Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) Zafar Wazed, Special Correspondent of Channel Eye Hosne Ara Mamta Islam Soma, Deputy Editor of Daily Janakantha Obaidul Kabir Mollah, Editor of Daily Jagran Abed Khan, Freelance Journalist Ajay Dasgupta and Chief Editor of Global TV Syed Ishtiaq Reza.
