The Anti-Corruption Commission found more movable and immovable properties of former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed and his family members in three districts.
A three-member inquiry team, led by deputy director Md Hafizul Islam, found the assets during the ongoing probe into allegations of Benazir and his family members鈥� amassing of illegal wealth and money laundering.
ACC found eight more flats in Badda and Adabar in Dhaka and land in Narayanganj, Bandarban, and Uttara.
The commission also found shares of Citizen Television and Tigerafit Apparels Limited linked to Benazir and his family.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Mohammed Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain on Wednesday ordered the seizure of the assets, accepting a petition submitted by the ACC.
Earlier, the court, in two phases, ordered the seizure of 621 bigha lands in Gopalganj and Madaripur, shares in 19 companies, and four flats in Gulshan in the name of Benazir and his family.
Apart from this, the court also ordered the freezing of a Tk 30 lakh investment in savings certificates, 33 bank accounts, and three BO accounts.
The court has already appointed receivers [administrators] to look after the assets seized by the court.
ACC public prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir told 抖阴精品 that the ACC had continued to inquire to find out the assets of Benazir Ahmed and his family for the sake of a proper probe.
In the third phase, the court ordered the seizure of six flats at Pisciculture
Housing Society in Adabar, Dhaka, and two flats at the 14-storey 鈥楻upayan Millennium Square鈥� building in the capital鈥檚 Badda area in the name of Benazir and his family members.
Apart from this, the court has ordered the seizure of 24 acres of land located at Anondo Police Housing Society in Rupganj of Narayanganj, 25 acres of land in Bandarban, and three katha lands along with a six-storey building in Uttara.
The court also ordered to block the shares owned by Benazir and his family members at Citizen Television and Tigerafit Apparels Limited.
The ACC, based on a media report, decided on April 18 to investigate allegations of amassing illegal wealth by Benazir and his family.
On May 28, the ACC summoned them, but neither Benazir nor his family members appeared before it on June 6 and 9.
Later, the ACC fixed June 23 and 24 for them to come before the commission.
Benazir and the family reportedly left the country on May 4 amid allegations of acquiring illegal wealth and money laundering.
Benazir joined the police force as an assistant superintendent of police in February 1988, and he retired on September 30, 2022.
On December 10, 2021, the United States declared the then IGP Benazir ineligible for entry to the country for 鈥榞ross violations of human rights鈥� while serving as RAB director general.