BB stalls move to seek account info of 198 graft suspects
Staff Correspondent
The central bank has suspended its move to seek account information of 198 alleged corruption suspects following a directive from the National Coordination Committee (NCC) on Combating Corruption and Crime.Earlier, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) asked commercial banks to provide account information of 198 corruption suspects. The central bank, however, refused to clarify the reason behind the suspension of its move. "We just carried out the advice of the NCC and the suspension of our move also came from them," said an official of the central bank. The list had names of Awami League (AL) leader Tofail Ahmed, former foreign minister Morshed Khan, Dhaka City Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka, and former lawmaker Kader Siddiqui. The central bank sent the list titled "List of Corrupt People" with the directive to commercial banks on August 2, after a demand from law enforcement agencies. Many on the list are currently in jail and their bank account details were sought earlier too. The BB had also directed the banks to submit the account details of Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of detained AL President Sheikh Hasina, and of former AL lawmaker Altaf Hossain Golondaz. Golondaz died on February 17 this year.
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