Court orders to attach Benazir’s properties in US, Malaysia

A Dhaka court has directed to attach different movable and immovable properties of former Inspector General of Police (IGP)  Benazir Ahmed in the United States and Malaysia and freeze his bank accounts there.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order on Monday after a petition  of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) was filed in this regard.

The properties and bank accounts, which are to be attached and frozen, are movable properties worth 4.30 lakh US dollar in Buffalo, New York, two accounts at Standard Chartered Bank in the US, and two accounts at CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad in Malaysia.

The ACC in its plea said it is probing allegations of amassing illegal wealth of TK 9.44 crore against the former IGP and has learned that he is trying to hand over or transfer his movable and immovable properties to evade trial. 

The commission pleaded to attach his properties and freeze his accounts immediately.