Dhaka, March 12 -- The interim government has sent three Mutual Legal Assistance Requests (MLARs) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the United States (US), and the United Kingdom (UK) seeking attachments of the assets of Bangladesh's former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, which he accumulated through stolen money.

"We have asked the authorities concerned abroad to attach 228 assets (of Saifuzzaman Chowdhury) in the UAE, seven assets in the US and 343 assets in the UK...MLARs were sent through the Foreign Ministry," Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told a recent press briefing in Dhaka.

According to the documents, investigations in several cases filed against Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and individuals and firms related to h...