CID freezes 35 bank accounts linked to Munni Saha

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has frozen 35 bank accounts linked to journalist Munni Saha, her husband Kabir Hossain, and several individuals and entities affiliated with them.

The accounts currently hold a total balance of Tk 18.16 crore, according to a press release issued yesterday, signed by Jashim Uddin Khan, special superintendent (media) of the CID.

According to the CID's Financial Crime Unit, the accounts were frozen as part of a money laundering investigation initiated under the Money Laundering Prevention Rules, 2019.

Preliminary findings revealed that a total of 46 bank accounts had been opened in the names of Munni Saha, her husband, and their associates. Of these, 35 accounts remain active.