Kuwait’s Public Prosecutor has approached the Central Bank to freeze the bank accounts of Bangladeshi MP Shahid Islam and his company, according to Arab Times.
Informed sources stated that the financial balance of the company amounts to about 5.0 million dinars, which is equal to about Tk 1.38 billion, including 3.0 million dinars or about Tk 8.28 million as the company’s capital.
The prosecution has contacted the central bank to freeze the accounts so that MP Shahid and the company do not withdraw as they have become suspicious and will be required to recover from it if the charges are proven before the courts, the sources told the Kuwaiti newspaper.
MP Shahid, who is the lawmaker (independent) from Lakshmipur-2 and goes by the alias Kazi Papul, was detained by Kuwait's Criminal Investigation Department on June 06 in connection with cases related to human trafficking, Visa selling and money laundering.
Three days later, on June 09, the Anti Corruption Commission served notices to him and his family members seeking their wealth statements.
The same anti-graft body on June 17 imposed a travel ban as well on the family of MP Shahid, whose wife Selina Islam is a lawmaker from a reserved seat in parliament.