Dhaka, April 20 -- A court has ordered the suspension of debit transactions on six credit cards held by former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and his wife, Afrin Taposh.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sabbir Fayez passed the order on Monday on two applications filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Bench assistant Riaz Hossain said the applications were filed by ACC Assistant Director Md Ferdous Rahman, the investigating officer in the cases, seeking orders to block debit activity on the cards.

According to the ACC's application in Taposh's case, he "abused his power" while serving as a member of parliament and mayor and, through corruption, acquired and kept assets worth Tk 731.97 million that were ...