The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday imposed an international travel ban on 14 former ministers and lawmakers of the ousted Awami League government in connection with allegations of amassing illegal wealth.
Judge Mohammed Ash Shams Joglul Hossain passed the order following a petition submitted by Anti-Corruption Commission deputy director Abu Hena Ashiqur Rahman, said ACC public prosecutor Mahamud Hossain Jahangir.
鈥楩ollowing the order, they cannot leave the country unless the restriction is lifted, he added.
The graft suspects are trying to flee the country, the聽 ACC in its petition聽 said, adding that travel bans are needed to prevent them from leaving the country for the sake of a fair probe.
Former health minister Zahid Maleque, former social welfare minister Dipu Moni, former education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury, former food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder, former industries minister Narul Majid Mahmud Humayun, former state minister for industries Kamal Ahmed Mojumder, former shipping minister Shajahan Khan, former food minister Kamrul Islam, former lawmakers Mohammad Salim Uddin (Nogaon-3), Mamunur Rashid Kiron (Noakhali-3), Kujendra Lal Tripura (Khagrachari), Kazim uddin Ahmed (Mymensing-11), Noor E Alam Chowdhury (Madaripur-1), and Ziaur Rahman (Chapainawabganj-2).
ACC officials said that there were various corruption allegations against the 14 former ministers and lawmakers, including amassing illegal wealth and money laundering charges.
The Anti-Corruption Commission, meanwhile, on Thursday decided to conduct inquiries against a minister and a lawmaker of the ousted Awami League government over allegations of amassing illegal wealth.
They are former railway minister Zillul Hakim and former lawmaker Tanveer Imam [Sirajganj-4].
The decision was taken in a meeting of the ACC at its office, said ACC deputy director for public relations Aktarul Islam.
There are allegations of money laundering, irregularities in public projects, and amassing illegal assets against them and their family members during their tenure as minister and lawmaker.
Apart from the two, a number of former ministers and lawmakers have also come under the ACC net since the fall of the AL government on August 5, following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister amid a student-led mass uprising.聽
