Travel ban on Nizam Hazari

A Dhaka court yesterday issued a travel ban on former lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari and nine others in connection with corruption allegations.

The nine others include Unique Eastern (Pvt) Limited managing director Mohd Noor Ali and its partner Nasir Uddin Ahmed and Khondaker Showkat Hossain, and BM Travels Limited chairman Shafiqul Islam.

The court passed the order after Anti-Corruption Commission Assistant Director Abul Kalam Azad filed an application in this regard, said ACC public relations officer Aktarul Islam.

In the application, the anti-graft watchdog said, "An inquiry is ongoing into the allegations against Nizam Uddin Hazari and other people for collecting money in excess of the government-fixed amount for manpower export to Malaysia's labour market and for laundering money abroad."  "According to reliable sources, they might flee abroad. For a fair inquiry, a ban is needed on their travel," said the ACC application.