A court has ordered the seizure of land recorded in 15 deeds located in Dhaka, Magura, and Jashore, and one plot under the name of retired Additional Police Superintendent Uttam Kumar Biswas. Furthermore, an order has been issued to freeze 30 bank accounts under his name in various banks and financial institutions.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Foyez passed the order on Thursday. The application for the seizure and freezing of these assets was submitted on behalf of the ACC by the organisation’s Assistant Director, Md Ruhul Haque.
The application states that the accused Uttam Kumar Biswas, upon receiving the first notice from the ACC during the preliminary inquiry, immediately withdrew all movable assets from all bank and other financial institution accounts under his name and the names of his wife and children. After the preliminary inquiry, when an order was issued for the submission of a wealth statement in his and his wife’s names, he sold several plots of lands, including two flats under his wife Krishna Bishwas’s name, even before submitting the wealth statement to the commission.
A review of the submitted wealth statements of Uttam Kumar Biswas and his wife Krishna Bishwas, along with other obtained records, revealed information about the aforementioned immovable and movable assets under the name of Uttam Kumar Biswas and his associates. There is a strong possibility that these assets will be misappropriated if not seized/frozen immediately, the application alleges, and in the interest of a proper inquiry, it is necessary to order the seizure and freezing of these assets under the name of the accused Uttam Kumar Biswas and his associates.
