Dipu Moni, former social welfare minister, was arrested from the Baridhara DOHS area in the capital.
Mohammad Rabiul Hossain Bhuiyan, joint commissioner (north) of Detective Branch of DMP, confirmed the arrest at 7:30pm on Monday night.
"We are now taking her to the DB office on Minto Road. There is a case against her in Chandpur. She may be shown arrested in that case," a DB official, requesting anonymity, said. On August 15, the case in Chandpur was filed against the former minister and her brother JR Wadud Tipu for attacking the
residence of Sheikh Farid Ahmed Manik, president of the Chandpur district unit BNP. Besides, 510 known and 1,000-1,200 unnamed people were accused in the case.
It was filed on Thursday following a complaint lodged by A Razzak Hawlader, joint convener of Chandpur Municipal Jubo Dal, said OC Sheikh Mohsin Alam of Chandpur Sadar Model Police Station.
Banks ordered to freeze accounts of Dipu Moni, her family
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has ordered all banks to freeze the accounts of former social welfare minister Dipu Moni, her husband Taufiq Nawaz and her brother Dr JR Wadud Tipu.
The BFIU has sent the directives to all banks in this regard on Monday.
At the same time, bank account transactions of the businesses owned by the trio have been suspended.
Dipu Moni was arrested earlier today and taken into DB custody, DMP officials confirmed.
Freeze bank accounts of ex-minister Zahid Maleque, Computer World BD Chairman Liakat Ali Sikdar: BFIU
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) on Monday asked the banks to freeze the accounts of Zahid Maleque, former health minister, and Mohammad Ali Sikdar alias Liakat Ali Sikdar, chairman of Computer World BD, along with their family members.
Other persons are Zahid Maleque's son Ahad Maleque, daughter Sinthia Maleque and Liakat Ali Sikder's wife Mahmuda Ali Sikdar.
Besides, the FBIU also asked to freeze the bank accounts of Computer World BD.
Mahmuda Ali Sikdar is also chief executive officer of the company.
The BFIU has asked to freeze the bank accounts for the next 30 days in the initial phase, according to a circular of the intelligence agency.
The instruction came after the BFIU received reports of suspicious transactions in accounts under their names, according to officials concerned.
