A Dhaka court on Monday imposed a travel ban on Salman F Rahman, vice-chairman of the Beximco Group and his family.
Dhaka Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order following a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, said public relation officer of ACC Aktarul Islam.
ACC deputy director and also the investigating officer of the case, Joynal Abedin, filed a petition seeking travel ban against Salman, his wife Syeda Rubaba Rahman, mother Ahmed Sohail Fasihur Rahman, Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman and Ahmed Sohail’s son Shahrier Rahman.
According to the petition, the ACC carried out an investigation against Salman and others for stock market fraud, embezzlement of around Tk 36,000 crore from various banks and laundering thousands of crores of money abroad.
Salman, a former adviser of Sheikh Hasina, has been in jail since ouster of her government in a mass upsurge in August last year.