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HC imposes travel ban on bdnews24.com editor

BSS . Dhaka
25 Nov 2022 00:00:00 | Update: 25 Nov 2022 01:11:54
HC imposes travel ban on bdnews24.com editor

The High Court on Thursday issued a ban on Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of online news portal bdnews24.com from traveling abroad until next hearing, in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.

A HC division bench comprising Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order this morning, while holding a hearing on a rule issued on the question of scrapping his bail.

The court also fixed December 1 for the next hearing, stating that the continuation of the ban would be discussed on that day.

On December 8, 2020, the HC issued a rule asking the state and Khalidi to explain why the lower court order that granted him bail in the case should not be scrapped. On August 26, the HC granted anticipatory bail to Khalidi for eight weeks in the corruption case. The anti-graft body later filed the plea against the bail order.

ACC deputy director Gulshan Anwar filed the case on July 30, 2020, against Khalidi for depositing around Tk 42 crore in different bank accounts, saying Khalidi had no legal source against this sum.

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