A Dhaka court today (June 6) ordered the appointment of an official receiver or administrator for the immovable properties of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed, his wife Jissan Mirza and their three daughters.
 
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain passed the order, allowing a plea filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
 
Confirming the matter, ACC public prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir said the court on separate occasions has ordered to attach some properties owned by Benazir and his family.
 
"The investigation officer today pleaded for appointing official receiver for those attached properties apart from four Gulshan flats. This receiver's main duty would be maintaining the attached properties, inform the court on regular interval about the income and expense of the properties," he added.
 
The court on May 23 had ordered to freeze 33 bank accounts and attach properties bought under total 83 deeds of Benazir and his family. On May 26, the court again ordered to attach properties bought under 119 deeds, four 100 percent owned companies, 15 partially owned companies. The court also ordered to freeze four BO accounts.
 
Accusing the former IGP of amassing illegal wealth of Taka hundreds of crores under his and his family members' names both at home and abroad, the anti-graft body in its plea on that day had said the accused are trying to sell or hand over the properties and launder the money abroad and if they succeed in doing so, the state would incur a huge loss.

BDST: 1756 HRS, JUN 06, 2024
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