Banks asked to freeze accounts of former DB chief Harun, his wife
The BFIU sent a letter to all banks in this regard
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has ordered all banks to freeze the accounts of former Detective Branch chief Harun or Rashid and his wife Shireen Akter.
The BFIU sent a letter to all banks in this regard today (18 August), a senior official of the BFIU told The Business Standard.
Harun, also an additional deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), recently became a topic of discussion after the Detective Branch detained six coordinators of the quota reform movement, citing "security reasons".
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Later, a High Court ruling characterised the practice of bringing individuals to the DB office and seating them at a dining table as a "mockery of the nation". The students were held in DB custody for around a week.
Amid public outcry, Harun was transferred from the Detective Branch to the Crime and Operations Department.
Meanwhile, like several senior police officials closely affiliated with the Awami League government, he has been absent from the public eye since the fall of the government due to the mass uprising on 5 August.
