The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has instructed all banks to freeze accounts of former state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad A Arafat and his wife Sharmin Mustary.
In a letter, the unit today asked banks to block all types of withdrawals through the individual or business accounts to their names.
A senior official of the anti-money laundering agency confirmed the matter to BSS.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha