Murad leaves the country

Disgraced former State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murad Hassan left the country for Canada early Friday, an official at the immigration of Dhaka airport said.

An Emirates flight carrying Murad and 399 other passengers took off from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 1:20am. They said Murad entered the VIP terminal of the airport around 9:15pm on Thursday.

The flight was supposed to take off at 11:20pm, but it was delayed due to complexities related to the immigration process, a senior immigration officer said.

Airport officials earlier said that the flight had left the airport at 11:20pm as per the schedule.

Contacted, Gulshan division Deputy Commissioner Asaduzzaman said that they had no order to arrest the former state minister.

On Tuesday, Murad Hassan quit the cabinet following the instruction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for his offensive and indecent remarks on women.

Murad had been under increasing criticism by various quarters for his disrespectful remarks on women in an interview on social media. Several audios and videos containing indecent remarks by Murad Hassan also went viral on social media during the last few days.