Fatullah police seized the speedboats from the BIWTA's VIP jetty Mary Anderson at Pagla at noon as per directives of the anti-graft taskforce.

The speedboats were kept at the jetty under strict watch.

Sources said Manju bought the speedboats when he was the communications minister.

He used one of the three to reach his constituency at Bhandaria in Pirojpur from the capital in the shortest possible time while his staff used the rest two.

Manju also used the speedboats during his election campaign in 2001, sources added.