In two different applications submitted today, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) sought to bar eight former MPs and eight former ministers from leaving the country until further notice.
ACC deputy directors– Md Jahangir Alam and Md Mostafizur Rahman– applied separately seeking travel ban on the 18 former ministers and eight MPs. Judge Mohammed Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions issued the directive after the hearing.
The former ministers and state and deputy ministers who have been banned from leaving the country are former foreign minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, former Expatriates and Welfare minister Imran Ahmed, former commerce minister Tipu Munshi, former Law Minister Anisul Haque, former LGRD minister M Tajul Islam, former religious affairs minister Faridul Haque Khan, former textiles minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, former water resources minister Anwar Hossain, former information minister Hasanul Haque Inu, former power, energy, and mineral resources state minister Nasrul Hamid, former state minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, former state minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak, former state minister for Primary and Mass Education M Zakir Hossain, former deputy minister for water resources AKM Enamul Hoque Shameem, former state minister for local government, rural development and cooperatives Swapan Bhattacharjee, former state minister of disaster management and relief Dr Enamur Rahman, former state minister for disaster management and relief Md Mohibur Rahman and former state minister for youth and sports Md Zahid Ahsan Russell.
In addition, the following former lawmakers were prohibited from leaving the nation: Sheikh Afil Uddin, Meher Afroze Chumki, Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon, Benzir Ahmed, Kazi Nabil Ahmed, Shahidul Islam Bokul, AKM Sarwar Jahan, and Sheikh Helal Uddin.
