Testimony against Benazir deferred as witness fails to appear
Benazir Ahmed
Testimony against former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed in a case filed over the acquisition of more than Tk 110 million in illegal assets has been deferred. The court has set October 11 for the next hearing.
Judge Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka Special Judge Court 5 set the new date on Thursday as no witness appeared. Testimony from 15 of the 28 witnesses in the case has been completed. Anti-Corruption Commission prosecutor Mir Ahmed Ali Salam confirmed the matter.
ACC Deputy Director Hafizul Islam filed the case on December 15, 2024. After completing the investigation, the ACC submitted the charge sheet to the court on November 30, 2025. On May 3, the court ordered the trial of Benazir Ahmed to begin after framing charges.
According to the charge sheet, Benazir Ahmed declared Tk 64,537,365 in immovable assets and Tk 57,489,966 in movable assets in his submitted wealth statement. However, the investigation found evidence of Tk 75,268,987 in immovable assets and Tk 81,531,264 in movable assets in his name.
Evidence was found that he had acquired assets worth a total of Tk 156.8 million. His lawful income was found to be Tk 65,942,668. After deducting expenses, his net savings stood at Tk 46,356,675. As a result, Benazir Ahmed acquired Tk 110,443,576 in assets beyond his known sources of income.
Besides the illegal asset acquisition case, the ACC filed five more cases against Benazir. He was made the main accused in two of the cases. In three separate cases against his wife Zeeshan Mirza and two daughters Farhin Rishta Binte Benazir and Tahsin Raisa Binte Benazir, he was made an accomplice accused. The cases are currently under investigation.
Among these, the ACC Deputy Director Md Hafizul Islam filed a case on October 14, 2024 against Benazir Ahmed and four others for obtaining a passport by showing himself as a private sector employee despite being a government employee.
On February 20, 2025, the ACC filed a case against Benazir Ahmed, his wife Zeeshan Mirza and their two daughters Farhin Rishta Binte Benazir and Tahsin Raisa Binte Benazir over allegations of money laundering.
On December 15, 2024, the ACC filed three separate cases against Benazir's wife Zeeshan Mirza and two daughters Farhin Rishta Binte Benazir and Tahsin Raisa Binte Benazir over allegations of illegal asset acquisition. Benazir was made an accomplice accused in the three cases.
Benazir Ahmed served as IGP from April 15, 2020 to September 30, 2022. Before that, he served as Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner and Director General of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
