Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered the seizure of six flats in Chattogram owned by former land minister in the Awami League government, Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, and machinery belonging to eight companies linked to him.

The order came from Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Foyez following a petition filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Moshiur Rahman, ACC informed.

This is the latest in a series of asset seizures and account freezes in the graft investigation against the former minister.

On August 28, the court ordered the freezing of 120 bank accounts of Saifuzzaman and his associates. Earlier, on July 9, it froze the beneficiary owner (BO) accounts of 26 individuals connected to him, wh...