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DHAKA, Jan 12, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today ordered the authorities concerned to attach 45 immovable properties, including plots and flats, of former Sirajganj-2 lawmaker Most Jannat Ara Henry and seize her 16 vehicles and more than Taka 58 crore kept in her different bank accounts, over graft allegations.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order, allowing a plea of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Assistant director of the anti-graft body Asif Al Mahmud filed the plea, while prosecutor Rezaul Karim Reza moved it before the court.

Of the money, around Tk 57 crore was found in 19 personal bank accounts, while 1.34 crore was found in accounts of four jointly owned companies.

The ACC initiated probe against Henry and her dependents on August 20. She and her husband were arrested from Moulvibazar on October 1. A court here on November 25 imposed travel embargo on Most Jannat Ara Henry, her husband and their daughter.

According to the case documents, the ACC found evidences of suspicious transactions of around Taka 3,893 crore through 49 bank accounts of Henry and her husband Shamim Talukder. It also found evidences against the couple of amassing illegal wealth of Taka 78 crore. The ACC on December 23 filed two separate cases against them.