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Mojahid, Babar barred from going abroad
 Immigration officials at Zia International Airport (ZIA) yesterday prevented Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid and former BNP state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar from leaving the country.The Jamaat leader was supposed to fly to Saudi Arabia onboard a Qatar Airways flight at 8:30am while the former state minister was supposed to leave for Singapore at 1:40pm on a Thai Airways flight. Sources said they were prevented from leaving the country on orders of the government. According to the sources, there is a list of over 60 people who are not allowed to leave the country. Mojahid and Babar are accused in several cases and Babar has already been convicted in several of them. Sources said Babar, along with one of his sisters and nephews, reached ZIA around 12:30pm. But immigration officials informed him of the prohibition on his departure. They left ZIA around 2:30pm for their home. Talking to The Daily Star, Babar said, "Despite the High Court clearance the immigration officials did not let me leave." "I need to go to Singapore for medical treatment and I had shown them the copy of the High Court order and the medical board's recommendations. But they did not bother," Babar said, adding, "As I was not allowed to leave, my sister and nephew also returned home with me." Posted by: Fred 2009-02-20 |
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