A judge froze the bank accounts and grabbed the property of a crooked politician from Barguna. Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu used to represent Barguna-1 as a member of parliament before getting caught. Judge Zakir Hossain Galib signed the papers that locked up all his stuff on Thursday. Anti-corruption investigators asked the court to stop Shambhu from moving his money around. The former politician had been hiding millions of dollars from the government.
Court officers seized 33 bighas of farmland down in Barguna district that belonged to the disgraced lawmaker. They also took control of his fancy apartment located in Uttara Sector 18. Two expensive cars registered under his name got impounded as well. Officials froze one family savings certificate and two fixed deposit receipts. Sixteen different bank accounts across the country got locked down tight.
The attached property and vehicles are worth about 2.37 crore taka according to court documents. His frozen bank accounts contain around 10.62 crore taka sitting there. Corruption investigators claim Shambhu illegally collected 5.41 crore taka through dirty deals. They say he laundered 41.93 crore taka through suspicious money transfers across his many accounts. The court decided to freeze everything because Shambhu was trying to hide his stolen cash.
Court officers seized 33 bighas of farmland down in Barguna district that belonged to the disgraced lawmaker. They also took control of his fancy apartment located in Uttara Sector 18. Two expensive cars registered under his name got impounded as well. Officials froze one family savings certificate and two fixed deposit receipts. Sixteen different bank accounts across the country got locked down tight.
The attached property and vehicles are worth about 2.37 crore taka according to court documents. His frozen bank accounts contain around 10.62 crore taka sitting there. Corruption investigators claim Shambhu illegally collected 5.41 crore taka through dirty deals. They say he laundered 41.93 crore taka through suspicious money transfers across his many accounts. The court decided to freeze everything because Shambhu was trying to hide his stolen cash.
