Court orders to confiscate more properties of ex-IGP Benazir

A Dhaka court has ordered the confiscation of more properties of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed, his wife Jissan Mirza and their three daughters Farhin Rishta Binte Benazir, Tahsin Raisa Binte Benazir and Zara Jerin Binte Benazir.

The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain passed the order on Wednesday, allowing a plea filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Public prosecutor (PP) Mahmud Hossain Jahangir confirmed the news.

Of the properties, the court ordered to attach 24 kathas of land in Rupganj, three kathas of land in Uttara, two office spaces on a building in Badda, 25 acres of leased land in Bandarban and six flats in Adabor PC Culture Housing. 

The court also ordered to freeze the Benazir family’s shares of the Citizen Television and Tower Apparels Limited.

 “The court ordered to attach immovable properties and freeze the movable properties under section 14 of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012, Rule 18 of the Anti-Corruption Commission Rules-2007,” the PP said.