Dhaka, July 24 (bdnews24.com)–Senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedee on Friday was stopped flying to Saudi Arabia at Zia International Airport, his son said.
Sayeedee, an allleged war criminal, was scheduled to go to Jeddah at 5pm on a Saudi Airlines flight to join a seminar there at the invitation of the Saudi religious ministry, Rafique Bin Sayeedee told bdnews24.com.
The immigration police refused to let him go without showing any reason and he returned home, Rafique said.
The seminar Sayeedee was going to attend takes place every year. He was also scheduled to perform Umrah, he said.
Legal steps will be taken, Rafique added.
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