A Dhaka court has ordered a ban on the overseas travel of Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir in a case that accuses him of abetting the suicide of a young woman.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahidul Islam issued the order, responding to a petition filed by the police on Tuesday, said Zafar Hossain, deputy commissioner (prosecution) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, reports bdnews24.com.
Earlier in the day, police found a female college student dead in a rented apartment in a Gulshan neighbourhood.
Her body was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the apartment at Road No. 120 of Gulshan 2 on Monday evening.
"The young woman used to live alone in the apartment and study in Dhaka, while her family lived in Cumilla,” said Nazmul Hasan Firoz, an additional deputy commissioner of DMP.
In a case filed with the police, Nusrat Jahan, the elder sister of the deceased, accused Sayem Sobhan of instigating her to commit suicide.
The deceased girl was believed to have a relationship with the businessman. “We discovered that the man used to visit her apartment,” a police officer said.
Police have confiscated CCTV footage from the scene and the digital devices used by the deceased.
Sayem Sobhan was not immediately available for comment.