A Dhaka court has issued a travel ban on Md Moazzem Hossain, former assistant private secretary (APS) to Local Government Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, over corruption allegations.
Senior Special Judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court Md Zakir Hossain Galib, passed the order on Saturday following a petition submitted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
The court also asked the concerned authorities to block the National Identification Card (NID) of Moazzem Hossain, who was sacked from the service recently following massive allegations of corruption.
The ACC in its petition told the court that the anti-graft body is inquiring into allegations of illegally earned wealth of Moazzem, who allegedly amassed the wealth by misusing power, taking bribes, extortion and tender business, irregularities, and corruption.
The ACC came to know that the accused person may leave to country to avoid investigation so that he should be barred from going abroad and his NID should be blocked for the sake of the investigation, the petition said.
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