Travel ban imposed on ex-minister Saber, family

A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on former environment, forest and climate change minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury, his wife Rehan Chowdhury, sons Hamdad Hossain and Araj Alam and daughters Raima Chowdhury and Alisha Babar Chowdhury, reports BSS.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order on Sunday, allowing a plea of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The anti-graft body in its plea said the commission is probing allegations of amassing huge illegal wealth through corruption and misusing political influence.

"During the probe, information on different immovable property was found in their names in home and abroad, especially in Canada, the US and the UK.