United News of Bangladesh

A Dhaka court on Monday imposed a travel ban on former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque and eight others in a case over the alleged illegal acquisition of a residential plot. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the order following an application filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), court bench assistant Md Riaz Hossain said. The other accused are former RAJUK chairman Engineer Md Nurul Huda; RAJUK members AIM Golam Kibria (Finance and Estate), Md Abu Bakar Sikder, Md Anwarul Islam Sikder (Planning), Akhtar Hossain Bhuiyan (Estate), M Mahbubul Alam (Development), and Nazmul Hai (Administration and Land). Read More: ACC files cases against former Bhandaria Upazila chairman, his wife Earlier on Monday, ACC Assistant Director Afnan Jannat Keya filed the application seeking the travel ban. According to the ACC, a case was filed on August 6 last year against Khairul Haque and the others for allegedly obtaining a 10-katha plot by providing false information.