Dhaka, July 30 -- A court has ordered the seizure of nearly Tk 7 crore worth of assets belonging to Shaheen Alam, a notorious drug dealer from Pabna's Ataikula area, following an investigation by the Financial Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over allegations of money laundering and amassing illegal wealth.

According to CID sources, a case (No. 10, dated 14/03/2023) was filed under Section 4(2) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act 2012 (Amended in 2015), accusing Shaheen Alam of accumulating large sums of money through drug trafficking.

Preliminary investigations revealed that Shaheen acquired 192.67 decimals of land and other valuable immovable properties, estimated to be worth around Tk 6.5 crore. Upon CID's...