TDS Desk:

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has directed all banks to freeze the accounts of Summit Group Chairman Muhammad Aziz Khan, his brothers and other family members.

The BFIU, in a letter, on Sunday (6 October) instructed banks to block transactions for one month under the provisions of the money laundering prevention law.

The directive also applies to firms owned by individuals, with transactions being frozen for the same period.

The agency has also sought bank account information of eleven family members of the Summit Group chairman, a senior BFIU official said.