Travel ban imposed on Sakib Al Hassan, 14 others

Senior Special Judge of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order following a petition submitted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The other accused are Deputy Registrar of the Department of Cooperatives Abul Khair, his wife Kazi Sadia Hassan, Abul Kalam Matbar, Kanoka Afroz, Mohammad Bashar, Sajed Matbar, Aleya Begum, Kazi Fuad Hassan, Kazi Farid Hassan, Shirin Akhter, Javed A Matin, Zahed Kamal, Humayun Kabir and Tanvir Nizam.

Deputy Director (DD) Public Relations of the ACC headquarters Aktarul Islam said, the commission has been investigating allegations of misappropriation of hundred crores of money from country’s share market through different types of corruption.

The ACC authorities came to know from a confidential source that the accused persons may leave the country to avoid investigation, the DD said, adding that is why they should be barred from going abroad, reports BSS.