The human rights affairs secretary of opposition BNP, Nasir Uddin Ahmed Ashim, was barred at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from going abroad early on Sunday.
The BNP leader, along with his wife Mehnaz Mannan and two children, was scheduled to go to London by a Gulf Airlines flight at 5:35am.
Ashim alleged the immigration officers took away four passports from him shortly before taking the flight and told him that he could not go abroad because of his political involvement.
'When I asked for clarification, the immigration police told me that they had been given directions from the intelligence agencies DGFI and NSI,' Ashim told New Age.
Official sources said that the government imposed restrictions on a number of professionals and political leaders on their leaving the country. Ashim's name was also on the list.
But the BNP leader claimed that the High Court on November 10 last year had directed the government not to bar him from going abroad following a writ petition challenging the restriction.
'I went to Bangkok on November 11, 2010, and to London on December 15. But on both the occasions, the immigration police had kept me waiting for hours,' Ashim said.
The immigration officials confirmed the incident and said that he was barred due to government instruction.
Source : New Age
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