A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the relevant authorities to confiscate a flat in Dubai owned by Tahseen Raisa Binte Benazir, daughter of former IGP Benazir Ahmed, in a case filed over amassing illegal wealth in December last year.

Judge Md Zakir Hossain passed the order after investigation officer Muhammad Jaynal Abedin, also an ACC deputy director, submitted an application in this regard, said Aktarul Islam, public relations officer of ACC.

The court also ordered the freezing of 144,497.82 AED (Arab Emirates Dirham) owned by Tahseen.

According to the ACC, the flat is located in Dubai Thunayah-3 Residential Area, and its market value is 40 lakh AED.

She deposited the amount (1,44,497.82 AED) into two Emirates NBD accounts in Dubai.

In the application, the ACC official said that during the investigation of the case, they found that Benazir's wife Jissan Mirza bought the flat in the name of her daughter through illegal money while Tahseen deposited the amount (1,44,497.82 AED) in these two accounts.

"Tahseen Raisa is attempting to transfer the properties and the AED (Arab Emirates Dirham) elsewhere. So, an order is needed to prevent her from doing so," said the ACC in his application.

On June 12 last year, the same court ordered the authorities concerned to confiscate 77 bighas of land, eight flats, and shares in two firms owned by Benazir Ahmed and his family members.

The properties include 75.8 bighas in Bandarban on which a farm was built; 1.2 bighas in Rupganj of Narayanganj; three kathas in Dhaka's Gulshan; two flats in Badda; and six flats in Adabor.

The movable properties include shares of Citizen Television Ltd and Tigerafit Apparels Ltd.

The ACC had earlier found that Benazir and his family bought at least 613.41 bighas of land in different districts, including 605.77 bighas in Gopalganj and Madaripur that belonged to the Hindu families.

The ACC told the court that Benazir stands accused of amassing illegal wealth worth hundreds of crores of taka at home and abroad. He resorted to abuse of power and corruption. The properties were registered in the names of Benazir, his wife, and three daughters.

On May 28 last year, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) had frozen the beneficiary owners' accounts of Benazir Ahmed and his family members, preventing them from trading shares in the stock market and liquidating investments.

According to the ACC investigation team's source, they identified 33 bank accounts -- six in Benazir Ahmed's name, five in Jissan Mirza's name, and four in the name of his two daughters.