The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has instructed all banks to freeze the accounts of former state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat and his wife Sharmin Mustary.
In a letter, the BFIU asked the banks to block all types of withdrawals through the individual or business accounts in their names.
At the same time, the banks also have been instructed to suspend the accounts of the businesses owned by the couple.
All the instructions have been given under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, it added.
Besides, the banks have been asked to send all documents of the frozen accounts to the intelligence unit within three working days.
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