Dhaka, March 16 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of 21 bank accounts belonging to three associates of former Managing Director of NRB Global Bank and Reliance Finance Limited, Prashanta Kumar (P.K.) Halder.

On Sunday, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md. Zakir Hossain Galib issued this order in response to a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

ACC's Public Relations Officer Akhtarul Islam confirmed this information.

The accounts include 11 under the name of Md. Siddiqur Rahman, four under Mahfuza Rahman Baby, and six under Anita Kar. These accounts are believed to be part of a broader money laundering operation linked to P.K. Halder and his associate, Swapon Kumar Mistri, among 20 others.

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