Court imposes travel ban on Shakib, 24 others in graft case

Shakib Al Hasan

A Dhaka court on Monday imposed a travel ban on former Awami League lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan and 24 others in a graft case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order after hearing two separate petitions.

The rest of the accused are—deputy registrar of Department of Co-operatives, Abul Khayer alias Hiru, Kazi Sadia Hasan, Abul Kalam, Kanika Afroz, Bashar, Sajed, Aleya Begum, Kazi Fuad Hasan, Farid Hasan, Shirin Akter, Zaved A Matin, Zahed Kamal, Humayun Kabir, Tanveer Nizam, former chairman of NGO Uddipon, Mihir Kanti Majumdar, former Executive Director and CEO Bidyut Kumar Basu, former Vice-Chairman Zakia K Hasan, former treasurer Golam Ahad, former MP Mahbubur Rahman, former MP Nazrul Islam Khan, Nahid Sultan, Bhabatosh Nath, Jamil Foysal and Shawkat Hossain.

Assistant Director of ACC Sazzad Hossain filed a petition seeking the imposition of travel ban on 15 people including Shakib, a cricketer-turned MP from Magura-1 constituency.

According to the petition Shakib, along with others amassed wealth after investing several crores of money in the stock market after violating the Stock Market law through irregularities.

The court also asked to block the NID cards of Tanivir Nizam, former chairman of NGO Uddipon, Mihir Kanti Majumdar, former Executive Director and CEO Bidyut Kumar Basu, former Vice-Chairman Zakia K Hasan, former treasurer Golam Ahad, former MP Mahbubur Rahman, former MP Nazrul Islam Khan, Nahid Sultan, Bhabatosh Nath, Jamil Foysal and Shawkat Hossain.

Deputy Director of ACC, Md Rokonuzzaman filed a petition seeking issuance of travel ban against them.

According to the petition, they in collusion with each other made transactions of Tk 8.97 crore and Tk 4.48 crore in a bid to embezzle the money after violating the section 19(1) of the rule 24 (3) of microcredit law 2006. - UNB