The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Wednesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 13,067 decimals of land of S Alam Group chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, his family and entities connected to them over corruption allegations.
The court also imposed a freeze on 66 bank accounts owned by S Alam Group-related people and entities and containing deposits worth Tk 1,374 crore.
Judge Md Zakir Hossain passed the orders following petitions submitted by the ACC deputy director Tahsin Munabil Haque, also head of the team conducting an enquiry against S Alam Group.
The court ordered the seizure of 13,067 decimals of land in response to an ACC petition seeking a court order for the seizure of the land priced at Tk 325.19 crore as per deed for the sake of its probe.
The court in a separate order asked the commission to freeze 66 bank accounts belonging to Saddam Hossain, Marzina Akter, Bedrul Islam, Top Ten Trading House, and Goldstar Trading House, all of whom are connected with S Alam Group.
The court in yet another order asked the ACC to freeze an account of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust at NCC Bank PLC over corruption allegations against its trustees鈥攐usted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her children Sajeeb Wazed and Saima Wazed Putul and her sister Sheikh Rehana.
Sheikh Hasina and others deposited over Tk 16 crore in the bank account of the trust.
On March 18, the same court ordered the ACC to freeze 31 bank accounts of Hasina, Rehana and their family members and organisations affiliated to them.
These accounts had a deposit of over Tk 394 crore.
Earlier, on March 11, the same court ordered the ACC to freeze 124 bank accounts of Hasina, Rehana and their family members and organisations connected to them.
