Bangladesh authorities said on Saturday they have taken action against four former government ministers and the wives of two ex-ministers after they were caught using mobile phones in jail.
Those caught have been temporarily banned from meeting visitors and taken to a jail outside the capital Dhaka, top prison official Shamsul Haider Siddiqui said.
“They were caught using mobile phones in the cells after we launched an extensive search. We have now asked the magistrate to file cases against them,” he said.
More than 150 top politicians have been arrested by Bangladesh’s army-backed government as part of a nationwide crackdown on corruption.
The country has been governed by an emergency cabinet since elections were cancelled in January last year over opposition allegations of poll-rigging.