The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has moved to scan the bank accounts of Bhola-3 lawmaker Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon and Dhaka South City Jubo League President Ismail Chowdhury Samrat.
"The bank accounts of Samrat and MP Shaon are being securitized on specific allegations," said BFIU chief Abu Hena Mohd Razee Hassan.
"We are looking into the matter as they (lawmaker Shaon and Samrat) haven't face any lawsuit yet," said Hassan adding action would be taken against those who, too, has been named in (different) cases.

On Sunday (Sept 22) the BFIU also asked all banks to freeze all bank accounts of GK Shamim and Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan following their arrests on money laundering charges.


The BFIU is the central agency of the government that was established at the Bangladesh Bank headquarters in 2002 to deal with money laundering crimes.


The BFIU chief, Hassan said there were constant directives for banks to comply with laws relating to Money Laundering Prevention Act 2002 (amended 2012) immediately in case of any complaints filed with police stations or any other law and order agencies.
"Two orders for banks were served from BFIU. We have asked the banks to freeze all their bank accounts,” Hassan said.
On Sept 21, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) raided GK Shamim's Niketon residence and nabbed him with Tk 18 million in cash, over Tk 1.65 billion worth of fixed deposit receipts (FDR), alcohol and firearms.
Later, three cases were filed against Shamim for illegal possession of narcotics and firearms and money laundering charges.
On Sept 18, the RAB arrested Khaled on charges of running a casino at the Young Men’s Club in Dhaka’s Fakirapool area from his Gulshan residence and seized a large cache of foreign currencies and illegal weapons from his residence.
The same day, RAB raided on the Fakirapool club, detained more than 140 people and seized huge quantity of alcohol, gambling equipment and Tk 22.9 million.
The RAB filed three cases against Khalid under the drug laws, the Arms Act, and the Money Laundering Act.
Shamim was the central cooperative secretary of Jubo League and Khaled was the organizing secretary of Dhaka South Jubo League until the ruling Awami League's youth front expelled the duo following their arrest.