Travel ban on ex-MP Sumon, wife

A Dhaka court yesterday issued a travel ban on former lawmaker Syed Sayedul Haque Sumon, and his wife Sammi Akter in connection with corruption allegations brought against them.

Judge Md Zakir Hossain of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order after ACC Deputy Director AKM Mahbubur Rahman, who is leading the inquiry team, submitted an application.

An inquiry is underway into the allegations of acquiring illegal wealth brought against them, said the ACC official in the application.

The judge also directed the ACC to send a copy of the order to the additional inspector general of police of Special Branch, Malibagh in Dhaka for next course of action. Sumon, the former lawmaker of Habiganj-4, was arrested from Dhaka's Mirpur on October 22 last year.