A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of six bank accounts belonging to Monir Ahmed, Managing Director of Ahmedia Finance and Commerce Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited, and his wife, Sakhina Ahmed. The order was issued on Wednesday by Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Foyez, confirmed by court bench assistant Md Riaz Hossain.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) inspector Billal Hossain had earlier filed a petition seeking to block the accounts. The petition stated that Monir Ahmed allegedly collected funds from around 1,000 to 1,100 members of the cooperative, promising high profits, and misappropriated approximately Tk 58.34 crore. The funds were reportedly used to purchase flats and land, linking him to money laundering and illicit wealth accumulation. The court deemed the account freeze necessary for proper investigation.

The order aims to facilitate the ongoing investigation into alleged financial fraud and money laundering involving the cooperative’s leadership.