Dhaka, April 21 -- The Election Commission Secretariat has suspended the National Identity (NID) cards of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and nine members of her family.

The ID cards were deactivated last Wednesday, the election watchdog says.

In addition to Hasina herself, the NIDs of her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, daughter Saima Wazed Putul, sister Sheikh Rehana Siddiq, nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby, and nieces Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, Rehana's brother-in-law Tariq Ahmed Siddique, Tariq's wife Shahin Siddique and their daughter Bushra Siddique have been locked.

This bars them from using any service that requires an NID.

Their NIDs were locked after the National Identity Registration Division's Director General ASM H...