https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/money-laundering-travel-ban-issued-against-ex-mp-nixon-his-wife-3832601

A Dhaka court today issued a travel ban on Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury alias Nixon Chowdhury, a former Awami League lawmaker from Faridpur-4 constituency, and his wife Tarin Hossain in a case filed on charges of amassing wealth beyond known sources of income and money laundering.

Judge Md Zakir Hossain of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order after ACC Assistant Director Mohammad Shihab Salam, who is leading the investigation, submitted an application in this regard.

ACC Public Prosecutor Rezaul Karim Reza moved the application on behalf of the anti-graft body.

In the application, the ACC official said the couple was attempting to leave the country anytime. If they go abroad, investigation into the allegations brought against mem might be hampered. So, a travel ban order is needed to prevent them from doing so.

Earlier on January 9, the ACC filed two separate cases against them with its Integrated District Office in Dhaka.

During his tenure as a lawmaker, Nixon, also nephew of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, abused his power and accumulated unexplained wealth of Tk 11.23 crore, according to the case statement.

Besides, Nixon, younger brother of former chief whip Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury, also conducted unusual transactions of Tk 1,402.51 crore through 55 bank accounts under his name and various affiliated organisations.

The transactions were made to launder illegal funds and conceal their sources, the statement said.

In the second case, Nixon's wife Tarin Hossain was named as the primary accused, while Nixon Chowdhury was an accomplice.

With her husband's direct assistance, Tarin acquired Tk 8.05 crore beyond her known sources of income, the statement said.

She also conducted suspicious transactions worth Tk 1,760.34 crore via 17 bank accounts linked to her and affiliated entities.

The accounts were allegedly used to transfer, shift, and conceal illegal funds, according to the statement of the case filed by ACC Assistant Director Mohammad Shihab Salam.