BFIU asks banks to freeze accounts of Arafat, his wife

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has instructed all banks to freeze all accounts of former state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad A Arafat and his wife Sharmin Mustary.

In a letter, the unit on Monday asked banks to block all types of withdrawals through the individual or business accounts to their names.

A senior official of the anti-money laundering agency said, reports BSS.