Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of 52 bank accounts belonging to former EXIM Bank chairman and NASSA Group chief Nazrul Islam Mazumder, his wife Nasrin Islam, daughter Anika Islam, son Walid Ibne Islam, and their associated institutions.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib delivered the verdict on Monday following a plea filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, Deputy Director Md Salahuddin, the agency's Assistant Director Aminul Islam confirmed.

The application alleges that substantial financial transactions have taken place in their bank accounts since their opening, which are deemed unusual and suspicious.

It claims that efforts were made to transfer these funds elsewhere, nece...