Court orders seizure of 6 flats, other assets belonging to ex-minister Saifuzzaman in Ctg

A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of six flats in Chattogram worth Tk 74.26 million belonging to former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury as part of an ongoing investigation into money laundering allegations. The order was issued on Sunday by Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Foyez following an application from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), according to the commission’s spokesman Akhtarul Islam. Alongside the six flats, the court also ordered the confiscation of a market in the port city's Agrabad area and a building within the Chattogram City Corporation area, registered under the names of Saifuzzaman, his wife Rukmila Zaman, and his siblings. The court further directed the seizure of immovable properties belonging to several companies owned by the former...