Dhaka, April 26 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of a 1,570 square-foot flat and three plots, totaling 18 kathas of land, in Uttara under the name of Jahangir Hossain, a close associate of former Additional Commissioner (Detective Branch) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid.

The order was issued on Thursday by Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Jakir Hossain Galib following a petition filed by Deputy Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Mohammad Zainal Abedin.

According to the petition, a probe is currently underway into allegations that Harun-or-Rashid amassed hundreds of crores of taka in undisclosed assets both in Bangladesh and abroad through abuse of power and corruption. The ACC mention...