A Chattogram court on Sunday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to request Interpol to issue red notice against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed and his wife Rukmila Zaman in a graft case.
Chattogram Senior Metropolitan Special Judge Abdur Rahman passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the ACC.
Advocate Mokarram Hossain, a counsel of ACC said a petition was filed by the National Central Bureau of Police Headquarters with the court seeking to make a request to the Interpol to issue red notice against Saifuzzaman and his wife on September 18.
Saifuzzaman served as State Minister for Land from 2014–2018 and as full minister from 2019–2023.
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Ahead of the 2024 election, allegations surfaced of his vast overseas assets, particularly in the United Kingdom.
Media reports claimed he fled to London with his family in August 2024, just before the Awami League government fell.
Over 300 such properties have subsequently been frozen by the UK's National Crime Agency.
The value of these properties has been estimated in excess of $230 million.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday seized 23 sacks of documents from the Chattogram home of Saifuzzaman Chowdhury’s driver Elias during a raid linked to a probe into his suspected overseas assets and money laundering.