Dhaka, April 18 -- A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered to freeze a total of 1,360 bank accounts owned by different persons and entities connected to S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam.

These accounts are holding a total of Tk 26.19 billion.

Judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court in Dhaka, Md Jakir Hossain, passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Earlier on the day, ACC Deputy Director Tahasin Monabil Haque, who is also the head of the enquiry team, submitted an application in this regard.

ACC Public Prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir moved the applications on behalf of the anti-graft body.

The ACC official in his application said they are conducting an inquiry int...