Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the attachment of 18 bank accounts belonging to Bhorer Kagoj Editor Shyamal Dutta and his family members amid an ongoing corruption probe.

The blocked accounts reportedly hold a total of Tk 53.22 million.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Faiz passed the order on Monday following a petition from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), according to court official Riaz Hossain.

ACC Deputy Director Bayezeedur Rahman Khan filed the application, arguing that investigators had found evidence of movable assets registered in the names of Dutta, his wife Sanchita Dutta and daughter Sushma Shashi Dutta without any "clear or lawful source of income".

The application said efforts had been made...