Staff Reporter :
A Dhaka court has ordered confiscation of 706 bighas of land owned by suspended Faridpur town unit Awami League general secretary Sajjad Hossain alias Barkat and his brother Imtiaz Hasan Rubel.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayesh issued the order on Thursday allowing a petition filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
At the same time, the court ordered to freeze 188 bank accounts having Tk 10 crore and 55 vehicles including bus, truck, microbus and private car.
On June 26, 2020, CID inspector SM Miraj Al Mahmud filed a case against Barkat and Rubel for shiphonning off Tk 2,000 crore under the Money Laundering Act with Kafrul Police Station.
The siblings were later arrested and they reportedly made confessions on July 24 following interrogation in police custody for three days.
