TDS Desk:

A Dhaka court on Monday ordered to freeze 50 bank accounts of former Dhaka-13 lawmaker Sadek Khan, his wife Ferdous Khan and son Fahim Sadek Khan over graft allegations.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order, allowing a plea filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission(ACC).

Of the 50 accounts, 18 belong to Sadek, 24 to his son and eight to his wife.

The former lawmaker is accused of amassing illegal wealth of Tk7.30 crore and making suspicious transactions of Tk466.47 crore through 29 bank accounts under his and his companies’ names.

Sadek Khan’s wife Ferdous is also accused of amassing illegal wealth of Tk5.98 crore and making suspicious transactions of Tk72.32 crore through 151 bank accounts.

Their son Fahim is accused of amassing illegal wealth of Tk6.12 crore and making suspicious transactions of around Tk36 crore through 70 bank accounts.

The ACC in its plea said it is probing the allegations against the three and that the accounts should be frozen for the sake of proper investigation.