Travel ban imposed on ex-minister Abdur Rahman
A Dhaka court today (29 May) imposed a travel ban on former fisheries and livestock minister Abdur Rahman and his wife Dr Mirza Nahida Hossain over graft allegations.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order, allowing a plea of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
The anti-graft body in its plea said Dr Mirza Nahida Hossain get the properties worth around Taka 6.30 crore amassed illegally by her husband and kept those under her possession.
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The ACC already filed a case against her as she made suspicious transactions of Tk26.56 crore through 16 bank accounts and hide the income source of that money. For the sake of proper investigation of the case, the two should be barred from leaving the country, the plea added.
Meanwhile, the same court today imposed a travel ban on former chairman of Milk Vita Sheikh Nadir Hossain Lipu. The court also ordered to block his NID.
