The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday issued a travel ban on four people including former minister Amir Hossain Amu and his daughter Sumaiya Hossain for their alleged involvement in corruption.
Two other people against whom the court imposed travel bans are Amu鈥檚 assistant personal secretary Fakhrul Majid Mahmud Kiran, and Kiran鈥檚 wife Rafeza Majid.
Judge Md Zakir Hossain passed the order responding to a petition submitted by Anti-Corruption Commission deputy director Rezaul Karim, said ACC public prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir.
According to the petition, allegations have been raised against Amu for receiving bribes in recruitment processes, engaging in tender manipulation, and embezzling funds from government development projects such as 鈥榯est relief鈥� and Food for Work, better known as Kabikha.
The allegations also include laundering money abroad and amassing illegal assets beyond known sources of income in the names of the former minister and his family members.
The petition mentioned that Amu, his daughter Sumaiya Hossain, and APS Fakhrul Majid Mahmud Kiran and his wife might flee the country, potentially hampering the inquiry.
On October 15, the ACC decided to initiate inquiries against Amir Hossain Amu over allegations of amassing illegal wealth through corruption.
On November 6, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police鈥檚 detective branch arrested Amir Hossain Amu, also a former lawmaker for Jhalokati-2, from the capital鈥檚 Dhanmondi area. The former minister is now in jail.