Court orders to freeze 28 bank accounts of Addl-DIG Mozzammel

A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of 65 bighas of land worth Tk 2.19 crore owned by Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Gazi Md Mozammel Haque.

Judge Md. Zakir Hossain Galib of the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court issued the order on Wednesday following a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The court also directed the seizure of 12 registered land properties worth Tk 2.76 crore in the name of his wife, Farzana Mozammel, and 10 land properties worth Tk 79.83 lakh in the name of his daughter, Gazi Bushra Tabassum.

At the same time, the court also ordered the freezing of 28 bank accounts belonging to Mozammel and his family, containing a total of Tk 14.56 crore.

The seizure and freezing orders were granted after a petition was submitted by ACC Assistant Director Md. Abdul Malek.