Staff Reporter :
A court in Dhaka has imposed a travel ban on former director general of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) Major General (Retd) TM Jobayer and his wife Fahamina Masud.
Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge (Acting) Farzana Yasmin passed the order on Sunday following a petition submitted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), said ACC court inspector Amir Hossain.
Md Anwarul Haque, deputy director of the anti-graft body, submitted the petition in the morning seeking a travel ban on the NSI chief and his wife.
Jobayer is under investigation for allegedly accepting large sums in bribes in exchange for providing jobs on various posts, abusing his power to accumulate illicit wealth, and acquiring properties, including a house in London worth 29.45 lakh pound sterling, with funds suspected to be laundered abroad, the petition said.
The ACC in its petition has also mentioned that they might flee the country. In such a situation, it is necessary to impose a travel ban on their visiting abroad.
The ACC public prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir held a hearing on the matter in the court. Following the hearing, the court delivered the judgement.