Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s private industry and investment adviser Salman F Rahman’s bank account has been seized. At the same time, the bank accounts of his son Shayan F Rahman and daughter-in-law Shajreh Rahman have also been seized.

On Wednesday (August 28), Bangladesh Bank’s financial intelligence unit Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) sent instructions in this regard to banks and financial institutions of the country.

BFIU’s letter said, “If there are any bank accounts operated in the name of the mentioned persons and the organizations owned by them, the transactions of those accounts should be suspended for 30 days under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and the use of lockers in their name should be stopped for 30 days.”

The BFIU directive further states that banks and financial institutions have been asked to send account related information or documents such as account opening form, KYC and transaction statement etc. to them within 5 working days from the date of issue of the letter in case of suspension of an account.

It should be noted that the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) informed about the arrest of Salman F. Rahman on August 13. Based on secret information, he and former law minister Anisul Haque were arrested together from the Sadarghat area of ​​the capital Dhaka while fleeing by sea. They were arrested in a case of the capital’s New Market police station.