Dhaka, March 11 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of "Sudha Sadan", the Dhanmondi residence of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in the face of a mass uprising last year, along with several other properties registered under her family members' names.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib issued the order on Tuesday in response to a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC.

"Sudha Sadan" was named after Hasina's late husband MA Wazed Miah, who was affectionately known as "Sudha Miah".

A resident of an apartment opposite "Sudha Sadan" said that Hasina lived there during the military-backed caretaker government in 2007 and ran her 2008 election campaign from there.

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