Gayeshwar, Mintoo 'barred' from going to India

BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra and vice chairman Abdul Awal Mintoo were allegedly barred from going to India by immigration authorities at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday, reports UNB.

Talking to the news agency, Gayeshwar said he was scheduled to go to India with another BNP leader and businessman Abdul Awal Mintoo by a flight of Jet Airways at 5pm, but the immigration authorities did not allow them to fly.

Contacted, Mintoo, a BNP vice chairman, said they were not given clearance by the immigration officials at the airport for catching the flight at 5pm.

He said he was scheduled to go to Hyderabad for business purpose while Gayeshwar to Kolkata on a personal tour.