'Take steps to freeze US bank accounts, house of Sinha, his brother'
A Dhaka court has directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to take steps to freeze three bank accounts of former Chief Justice SK Sinha and his brother Ananta Kumar Sinha and a three-storey house in the US in Ananta's name.
Judge Md Asaduzzaman of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order after ACC Deputy Director Md Gulshan Anwar Pradhan, also the investigation officer of the money laundering case against Sinha, submitted an application on February 20 in this regard.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The order was published today, said ACC Assistant Director (Prosecution) Md Aminul Islam.
On March 31 last year, the ACC filed the case against them under the Money Laundering Prevention Act 2012 with its Integrated District Office-1 in Dhaka.
According to the ACC case, on June 12, 2018, Sinha bought the house in his brother's name for $280,000.
On November 9 in 2021, SK Sinha was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment in a case filed over Tk 4 crore money laundering.