Dhaka, Jan. 19 -- A Dhaka court on Monday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze 72 bank accounts of Md Shahidullah, managing director of Crest Securities Ltd, in connection with a money laundering case.

Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka passed the order after Abu Bakar Siddique, a deputy director of the ACC, submitted an application, seeking the court's permission for freezing the accounts.

Over Tk 3.23 crore has been deposited in those accounts.

In the application, the investigation officer said he was earlier assigned to probe into the money laundering allegation against Shahidullah and found his involvement with laundering a huge amount of money.

If the bank accounts are not frozen, h...