Abdur Rahman Bodi

Abdur Rahman Bodi
Member of Parliament
Personal details
Political party Bangladesh Awami League

Abdur Rahman Bodi is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the present Member of Parliament from Cox's Bazar.[1]

Career

He was elected to parliament from Cox's Bazar.[2]

Controversy

He was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges in November 2016.[3] He secured a bail from Bangladesh High Court in the case.[4] In July 2016 he was accused of being present in a meeting of Rohingya Solidarity Organization, an insurgency group in Myanmar, by Lieutenant Colonel Abuzar Al Jahid, commanding officer of Border Guards Bangladesh. A team of the guards had raided the meeting.[2] He has faced allegations of involvement in the Yaba trade, a narcotics.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "ACC fails to get stay on lawmaker Bodi's bail". thefinancialexpress-bd.com. The Financial Express Online Version. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "MP Bodi: I was not there". archive.dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "AL MP Bodi lands in jail". thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Convicted AL MP Bodi gets HC bail in graft case". thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Bodi leads Rohingya intrusion; yaba, human trafficking". en.prothom-alo.com. Prothom Alo. Retrieved 7 December 2016.


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