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A Dhaka court on Thursday issued travel bans on 23 people, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman and former Janata bank chairman Abdul Barkat and former managing director Abdul Salam Azad in connection with a corruption case.

Judge Zakir Hossain of Dhaka metropolitan senior special judge court issued the travel ban following a petition submitted by Anti-Corruption Commission deputy director Shajahan Miraj.


ACC public relations officer Aktarul Islam confirmed the news to ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ·.

The other 20 accused are — former deputy governor- Abu Hena Mohammad Razi Hasan, former assistant director Ismat Ara Begum, former Janata Bank directors Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Md Imdadul Haque, Nagibul Islam Dipu,  RM Debnath, Md Abu Naser, Sangeeta Ahmed, and former director Professor Nitai Chandra Nath.

Also named in the case are Janata Bank former deputy general manager Azmul Haque, former AGM Ajay Kumar Ghosh, former manager (Industrial Loan-1) of Janata Bhaban Corporate Branch Md Golam Azam, executive engineer (SME Department) Md Shahjahan, SEO Md Emdadul Haque, former deputy general manager Md Abdul Jabbar, former DMD Md Golam Faruk, and former deputy managing director Omar Faruk.

Additionally, chairman of AnonTex Group Md Yunus Badal, managing director of Messrs Suprabh Spinning Limited Md Anwar Hossain, and director Md Abu Talha have also been implicated.

ACC filed a case against 23 people, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman and former Janata Bank chairman Abul Barkat, on charges of embezzling Tk 297 crore.

ACC deputy director Md Nazmul Hossain filed the case with its integrated district office in Dhaka-1 on February 20.

According to the case statement, the accused allegedly embezzled Tk 297.38 crore from Janata Bank through fraud and forgery, laundering the funds in collusion with bank officials.