Former state minister Sohel Taj says Dhaka airport travel bar ‘surprising’

Former state minister for home affairs Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj has described the travel restriction that prevented him from flying out of Bangladesh as “surprising”. He was scheduled to fly to the United States on Wednesday afternoon. Immigration authorities, however, stopped him at Shahjalal International Airport before departure. Asked about the matter, Golam Rasul, additional IGP and head of the Special Branch, said the restrictions had been imposed by the independent commission set up to investigate the 2009 BDR mutiny. Speaking to bdnews24.com, Sohel Taj said: “The last time I travelled abroad was in June. I have travelled many times since the July Uprising. So now this reason seems very surprising.” He added, “I haven’t been served with any notice,...