Travel ban on Hasina, 16 others in ACC case

A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in India, along with 16 others, report agencies.

The court issued the order on Sunday after an application filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), according to the commission's spokesman Tanzir Ahmed.

Those named in the order include Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, Presidium members Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed and Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, former law minister Anisul Huq, Muhammad Abdul Mannan, MAN Siddique, Md Faruk Jalil, Shafiqul Karim, Firoz Iqbal, Ibne Alam Hasan, Md Aftab Hossain Khan, Md Abdus Salam, Monir-uz-Zaman Chowdhury, Selina Chowdhury, and Ikram Iqbal.

The ACC said the order was made by the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court during the court's vacation period.