A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on former environment, forest, and climate change minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury, his wife Rehan Chowdhury, sons Hamdad Hossain and Araj Alam, and daughters Raima Chowdhury and Alisha Babar Chowdhury amid an ongoing anti-corruption investigation.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order on Sunday, allowing a plea of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
The anti-graft body, in its plea, said the commission is probing allegations of amassing huge illegal wealth through corruption and misusing political influence.
"During the probe, information on different immovable properties were found in their names in home and abroad, especially in Canada, the US and the UK.
The accused may try to flee the country to evade justice and that is why a travel ban should be imposed on them," the plea added.
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