Dhaka, March 10 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the attachment of 33,216.42 decimal of land owned by Mohammad Saiful Alam, chairman of the controversial S Alam Group, and his family members.

It affects 97 properties linked to the business group.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order on Monday following a plea filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, on Monday.

ACC spokesperson Akhtarul Islam said the agency's Deputy Director Tahasin Monabil Haq filed the application to attach the land in Dhaka and Chattogram.

The plea said an investigation was under way against Saiful and his associates on money laundering charges.

The investigation revealed that they had embezzled loans from different bank...