Travel embargo imposed on ex-JP minister Chunnu, wife

A court in Dhaka on Wednesday imposed a travel ban on Jatiya Party (JP) Secretary General and former State Minister for Labour and Employment Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu and his wife Roksana Qader over graft allegations.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order, allowing a plea of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The anti-graft body in its plea said the ACC is probing allegations of extortion, tender manipulation, land grabbing, money embezzlement from different government projects against Chunnu and amassing illegal wealth by him and his family members.

"The accused are trying to escape the country and if they succeed in doing so, the probe against their alleged crimes will be hampered and lingering. So for the sake of proper investigation, travel embargo should be imposed on them," the ACC plea said.