The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the Nationwide Board of Earnings (NBR) has directed banks and monetary institutions to design shut the freeze on the monetary institution accounts of Ananta Neighborhood Managing Director Sharif Zahir, his family members, and some directors of the corporate.
The unfreezing affirm, issued on Thursday (5 December), comes inner 5 days of the initial freeze, as per the memoir of CIC, got by The Industry Same old.
Sharif Zahir has now not too lengthy ago assumed the living of chairman of United Industrial Bank (UCB).
Earlier in the week, CIC had despatched a letter instructing all banks and monetary institutions to freeze the accounts of Sharif Zahir, his mother and Ananta Neighborhood chairperson Qamrun Nahar Zahir, his brother and deputy managing director Asif Zahir, alongside with directors Syed Ishtiaq Alam and Anisuddin Ahmed Khan.
A senior CIC legit, speaking anonymously to The Industry Same old, confirmed that banks were prompt on Thursday evening to unfreeze the accounts of the mentioned folk.
Sharif Zahir additionally confirmed the update to The Industry Same old, stating that the tax intelligence stumbled on no proof of irregularities, which led to the unfreezing of the accounts.
He further claimed, “After my appointment as UCB Shrimp chairman, certain vested pursuits were seeking to damage our reputation.”
In a letter signed by CIC’s assistant director Md Mottakenur Rahman, banks and monetary institutions were requested to design shut the freeze, specifying that every accounts with the exception of lockers and vaults belonging to the folk and their family members were now unfrozen.
When requested about the causes for freezing and unfreezing the accounts inner 5 days, Md Mottakenur Rahman declined to provide detailed feedback.
