Court Imposes Travel Ban to 6 People, including 3 Members of Parliament

The court has banned six people, including three members of parliament, from leaving the country in the interest of investigating allegations of illegal acquisition of assets.

The lower court passed the order on Sunday (June 21st) following an application by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

ACC director and head of the casino investigation team Syed Iqbal Hossain confirmed the information to media.

The travel-banned persons are Shamsul Haque Chowdhury, Member of Parliament for Chittagong-12 (Potia) and Whip of Jatiya Sangsad, Moazzem Hossain Ratan, Member of Parliament for Sunamganj-1, Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon, Member of Parliament for Bhola-3 and Sajjadul Islam, Joint Chief of Housing and Public Works Ministry. , Former additional chief engineer. Abdul Hai and Dhaka Wanderers Club employee Abul Kalam Azad.

Earlier, in a letter sent to the Special Branch (SB) Immigration of the Police on October 23, 2019, the ACC had requested a ban on foreign travel against 22 people, including these six.