The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has slapped a travel ban on senior BNP leader Amir Khashru Mahmud Chowdhury and his wife.
In a letter to police’s Special Branch on Thursday, the graft watchdog’s Director Kazi Shafiqul Alam said that the fromer minister and his wife Tahera Alam have been barred from travelling abroad.
The ACC summoned Khashru to appear before the ACC headquarters on Aug 28.
The ACC sent the letter after receiving complaints that the former commerce minister made bank transactions worth ‘tens of millions of taka’ and laundered money abroad by opening a five-star hotel business with a different name, commission officials said.
The BNP Standing Committee member from Chattogram also allegedly amassed wealth from unknown sources and bought shares by using names of his wife and other members of the family, the officials said.
Khashru sought a month after the summons notice of ACC. The commission granted the time and asked him to appear on Sept 10.
But the BNP leader moved a petition with the High Court challenging the ACC summons notice, but it was rejected on Sept 16.