Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of 57 bank accounts belonging to Awami League Presidium member and former minister Jahangir Kabir Nanok, his wife and daughter as part of an ongoing corruption and money laundering investigation.

The order was issued on Tuesday by Shihabul Islam, acting judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court, following a petition by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The accounts reportedly contain nearly Tk 29 million, according to Riyaz Hossain, a court official.

The ACC petition noted that its investigation had uncovered Tk 321.8 million in "abnormal transactions", including deposits of Tk 175.6 million and withdrawals totalling Tk 146.3 million across multiple bank acc...