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Published : 27 Sep 2025, 08:09 PM
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, nor was I informed [about such restrictions].”
Sohel Taj said he is now communicating with the relevant authorities.
“Let’s see what they say [on Sunday]. I hope to know more and will share further details then.”
Son of Bangladesh’s first prime minister Tajuddin Ahmad, Sohel won the Gazipur-4 (Kapasia) seat in the 2001 national election.
He was re-elected from the same constituency in 2008 and appointed state minister for home affairs in the cabinet formed on Jan 6, 2009, under the Awami League.
He, however, resigned from the cabinet on May 31 the same year citing “personal reasons”. On Apr 23, 2012, he also stepped down as a member of parliament, withdrawing entirely from politics thereafter.
