Published : Wednesday, 7 May, 2025 at 10:22 PM, Count : 124
Court orders freeze on shares of 94 companies owned by Salman, family
A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze all shares of 94 companies owned by Salman F Rahman, his wife Syeda Rubaba Rahman, their son Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman, Salman's elder brother Ahmed Sohail Fasihur Raman and his son Ahmed Shahriar Rahman. Salman F Rahman was the former private industry affairs adviser to the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, while Ahmed Sohail Fasihur Rahman is the chairman of Beximco Group of Industries. The court also ordered frozen 79 Beneficiary Owners (BO) accounts owned by them. The court gave the orders following corruption allegations brought against them. Judge Md Zakir Hossain of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order after ACC Deputy Director Muhammad Jaynal Abedin, who is leading the inquiry team, submitted an application in this regard. According to the application, Salman F Rahman and others have been accused of embezzling billions of taka from shareholders through share manipulation and fraud, taking loans of about Tk 36 billion from various government and private banks of the country by using illegal influence, and laundering billions of taka abroad. During the investigation, information on shares and BO accounts in the names of Salman F Rahman, his family members and other close associates were found. "Salman and others are attempting to transfer the shares and others elsewhere any time. So, an order is needed to prevent them from doing so," said the ACC in the application. On March 10, the same court ordered the ACC to take steps to confiscate immoveable properties in London owned by Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman. The court, on that day, ordered the authorities concerned to freeze two accounts of Fazlur Rahman and Shahriar Rahman at Barclays Bank PLC in the United Kingdom and shares in a company, RR Global Trading, located in the United Arab Emirates. On February 24, the same court ordered the ACC to freeze 358 bank accounts belonging to Salman F Rahman, his family members and associates. The ACC on August 22 last year initiated the inquiry into Salman following allegations of corruption, embezzlement, and irregularities in the banking sector. Salman, a prominent Bangladeshi businessman and former member of parliament, was arrested at Sadarghat on August 13 last year when he was attempting to flee the country.
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