Dhaka metropolitan senior special judge court on Monday issued international travel bans on Bashundhara group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and his son and the group’s managing director Sayem Sobhan Anvir and six other family members over allegations of corruption.
The court also imposed travel bans on Anontex Group’s four owners, Awami League government’s former home minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, former state minister Munnujan Sufian, former lawmakers Anwarul Ashraf Khan and Sadek Khan in connection with graft allegations.
Judge Mohammed As-shams Joglul Hossain passed the orders following petitions submitted by Anti-Corruption Commission officials seeking the travel bans.
The court further issued travel bans on former National Board of Revenue official Matiur Rahman and his wife Layla Kaniz and son Ahmed Taufiqur Rahman Arnob.
Apart from this, the anti-corruption commission on Monday decided for an inquiry against former Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain over corruption allegations.
The travel bans were issued on the Bashundhara group chairman, managing director and six others following a petition submitted by Anti-Corruption Commission deputy director Nazmul Hossain, said the agency’s public prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir.
The six others receiving the travel bans are Bashundhara Group co-chairman and Ahmed Akbar’s son Sadat Sobhan, his wife Sonia Ferdowshi Sobhan, Sayem Sobhan’s wife Sabrina Sobhan, Ahmed Akbar’s son and group vice-chairman Safiat Sobhan Sanvir, and another son and also group vice-chairman Safwan Sobhan.
The ACC is conducting an inquiry against the eight Bashundhara people over corruption allegations, said its officials.
The allegations against them include involvement in money laundering, tax dodging, land grabbing, loan forgery, and money embezzlement.
The anti-corruption agency in its travel ban petition mentioned that they had information that the group’s chairman and others were trying to flee the country.
Besides, the court also issued travel bans on the four owners of Anontex Group— Mohammad Yunus, Kazi Mohammad Mustafa Sarwar, Md Abdullah Siddique, and Md Kabir Hossain—over corruption allegations.
The travel ban order was passed following a petition submitted by anti-corruption agency’s deputy director Nazmul Hossain, mentioning that they were trying to leave the country.
They four people face allegations that they embezzled Tk 5,000 crore which they took as bank loans in the names of the business entities under Anontex Group.
The court also imposed travel bans on former home minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir following a petition submitted by the agency’s deputy director Syed Ataul Kabir.
According to the allegations, Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, also a former lawmaker of Chandpur-1 constituency, laundered Tk 8.86 crore which he took as loan from the Bakshiganj branch of the Farmers Bank Ltd (now Padma Bank) in Jamalpur.
The court also issued travel bans on former Awami League lawmaker from Narsingdi-2 constituency Anwarul Ashraf Khan and his wife Afroza Sultana over allegations of amassing illegal wealth through corruption.
Travel bans were issued on former lawmaker from Dhaka- 13 Md Sadek Khan and his wife Ferdousi Khan over allegations of amassing illegal wealth at home and abroad.
A travel ban was also imposed on Awami League government’s state minister Begum Munnujan Sufian and her relatives Md Sahabuddin Ahmed and Shamima Sultana Hridoy over corruption allegations.
The court reissued a travel ban on former National Board of Revenue official Md Matiur Rahman, his wife Layla Kaniz, and their son Ahmed Taufiqur Rahman Arnob, following the expiry of their travel bans imposed earlier.
On June 4, the ACC decided to launch an inquiry into the corruption allegations brought against Matiur and his family members.
The anti-corruption agency on Monday decided to do an inquiry against former local government and rural development minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain over allegations of amassing illegal wealth through embezzling public money and money laundering.
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