A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze 34 bank accounts of ex-Lt Gen (retd) Md Mujibur Rahman and his wife, Tasrin Mujib, in connection with corruption allegations brought against them.

The court also ordered the confiscation of three flats and 42 kathas of immoveable properties of the couple, said ACC Public Relations Officer Akhtarul Islam.

Judge Md Zakir Hussain of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order after ACC Deputy Mohammad Sirajul Haque, who is leading the inquiry team, submitted an application.

In the application, the ACC said the couple amassed a huge amount of money through corruption and irregularities.

Mujibur Rahman, also former additional director general of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), deposited Tk 94,99,200 in 24 bank accounts while his wife holds 10 bank accounts where ACC found shares worth Tk 50 lakh.

The couple has one building at Rupganj in Narayanganj, two flats in Dhaka's Mirpur and Cantonment while 42.30 kathas of properties were found at different places in the capital.

According to the ACC application, the couple is attempting to transfer the moveable and immoveable properties elsewhere. If they are able to do so, inquiry into the allegations against them might be hampered, which is why an order is needed to stop them from transferring their properties.

On September 11 last year, Army Training and Doctrine Command GOC Lt Gen Mujibur Rahman was dismissed. Before this, he was the director general of the Special Security Force (SSF).

Mujibur Rahman came to the limelight when he conducted Operation Thunderbolt during the July 2016 militant attack at Holey Artisan.