Court issues travel ban on actress Shaon, 11 others

A Dhaka court on Thursday issued a travel ban on actress Meher Afroz Shaon, former Detective Branch chief Harun-Or-Rashid and 10 others in an  attempted murder case.

Judge of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah passed the order in the presence of two of the accused, said the court’s bench assistant Parvez Sumon.

The rest of the accused face travel ban include Shaon’s father engineer Md Ali, sister Mahin Afroz Shinjan, former Dhaka Metropolitan’s Additional Deputy Commissioner Nazmul Islam, police inspector Saiful Islam, sub inspectors Shah Alam and Mokhlesur Rahman Milon, four others Sejuti, Sabbir, Subrata Das and Maniul Hossain.

Of them, Saiful and Shah Alam were present at the court.

Earlier on April 22, the court issued arrest warrant for the accused.

On March 13, Shaon’s step-mother Nishi Islam filed the case on charge of beating up and attempting to murder her against the accused with a Dhaka court.

According to the case statement, on February 21 last year accused Md Ali married Nishi Islam concealing his previous marriage, family and alluring her of wealth.

Later, the victim came to know about the previous marriage and one son, three daughters of Md Ali.

On March 4 later year, the accused dragged her out of the house of Ali when she went to it in Gulshan.

On the next day, Shaon and police official Nazmul went to the victim’s house where Shaon beat her up when she refused to sign on a blank paper.

On April 24, police inspector Shah Alam called her to the DB office where Shaon and other accused also beat her.