Dhaka, May 8 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of a flat in Dubai belonging to Tahsin Raisa Binte Benazir, daughter of former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed, and the freezing of two accounts in her name.

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

The anti-graft body's spokesperson Akhtarul Islam said Deputy Director Md Zainal Abedin had sought the order.

Accusing Raisa of money laundering, the petition said it was "necessary" to seize her immovable properties and freeze movable ones to bring back the proceeds from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

The ACC filed four cases against Benazir, his wife and two...