Travel embargo imposed on ex-land minister Saifuzzaman, wife

A court right here this day (7 October) imposed shuttle ban on outmoded land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed and his accomplice Rukmila Zaman over extensive graft allegations.

Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Settle Mohammad Ash Shams Zaglul Hossain came up with the utter as the court allowed a plea of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Saifuzzaman is accused of collecting and laundering billions to quite a lot of foreign states, specially the UK. The anti-graft physique in its plea acknowledged the outmoded land minister has allegedly provided 350 properties within the UK, 228 in UAE and 9 within the US in his name and the names of his family.

“Fixed with quite a lot of files, it appears to be like that Saifuzzaman via the graft money made mountainous properties within the country to boot. From real sources, we’re assuming that the accused and his accomplice might possibly perchance well also strive to flee the country. So shuttle ban need to be imposed on them for the sake of fine investigation,” the ACC plea acknowledged.

ACC Deputy Director Ram Prasad Mondal filed the plea, while public prosecutor Mir Ahmed Ali Salam moved the petition ahead of the court.

Meanwhile, the equivalent court this day imposed shuttle ban on outmoded chairman of Padma Bank Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat over graft allegations.