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DHAKA, Dec 12, 2024 (BSS) - A court here today ordered the seizure of income tax file of former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.

Acting judge of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court Md Ibrahim Miah passed the order, allowing a plea of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

ACC deputy director Md Jahangir Alam filed the plea before the court, while public prosecutor Salauddin Iskander moved the case for the anti-graft body.

The court on September 1 imposed travel ban on Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, his wife Lutful Tahmina Khan, daughter Safia Tasnim Khan and seven others. Five cases were filed against five people, including Kamal by the ACC on September 15. The accused were implicated for amassing illegal wealth of Taka 79 crore.

Nine bank accounts of the former home minister were frozen after the filing of the cases.