Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of a flat in Dubai's Burj Khalifa and the freezing of investments in six UK-based companies under the names of the family members of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan.

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

ACC Assistant Director Aminul Islam said the application was filed by the agency's Deputy Director Nazmul Hossain, which the court approved after a hearing.

According to the order, investments linked to Sobhan's family in the UK include 5,000 euro in Slovakian firm Calcatronic Holding under the name of his son Bashundhara Group Managing Director S...