Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), a wing of the country’s central bank, has directed banks to freeze the accounts of 17 people with “interests associated” with ISKCON, Bangladesh.
The name of former ISKCON leader Chandan Kumar Dhar, also known as Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, was among the 17.
A source at the Bangladesh Bank confirmed the matter to The Daily Star today.
The other people are Kartik Chandra Dey, Anik Pal, Soroj Roy, Sushanta Das, Biswha Kumar Singha, Chandidas Bala, Jaydev Karmakar, Lipi Rani Karmakar, Sudhama Gaur Das, Lakkhan Kanti Das, Priyatosh Das, Rupan Das, Rupan Kumar Dhar, Ashish Purohit, Jagadish Chandra Adhikari and Sajal Das.As per the directive of the BFIU, all types of transaction on the bank accounts of these individuals will be suspended for 30 days.
The letter from the BFIU states that, under the powers granted by section 23(1)(c) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2012, transactions in the accounts (excluding the accounts of import and export companies) operated in the name of ISKCON and its related entities and their owned establishments are instructed to be suspended for 30 days.
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