Dhaka, April 10 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of 45 bank accounts of former food minister Qamrul Islam, former education minister Dipu Moni, and her husband Tawfique Nawaz.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib issued the order on Thursday granting an appeal filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director SM Rashadul Islam, according to spokesperson Akhtarul Islam.

The anti-graft watchdogs said it has information on Tk 24.24 million held across Qamrul's 23 accounts, Tk 61.19 million in Dipu Moni's 18 accounts, and Tk 587,535 in four accounts of Nawaz.

In the appeal, ACC mentioned "suspicious transactions" of a large sum of money from Qamrul's accounts and those of financial institutions l...