Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid

Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from Cox's Bazar-2.

Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid
Member of Parliament
In office
1996–2006
Personal details
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Career

Farid was elected to parliament in 1996 from Cox's Bazar-2 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was reelected from Cox's Bazar-2 in 2001.[1] He served in the Public Undertaking Committee in the Parliament.[2] During his term, he hired workers to cut down thousands of trees in state owned mangrove forests in Sonadia Island.[3]

Personal life

Farid's brother, Shahidullah, is the Chairman of Baro Moheshkhali Union Parishad. On 2 September 2006, Chittagong Coastal Forest Department published Shahidullah's name in a list of individuals who grabbed forest land.[4]

Controversy

On 13 May 2007, he was arrested by Rapid Action Battalion on corruption charges.[5] He was arrested on 5 extortion case filed against him in Moheshkhali Police Station on 15 April 2007.[6] Anti-Corruption Commission filed charges against him and his wife on corruption on 29 April 2008.[7]

References
  1. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001". Vote Monitor Networks. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. "JS body to review power sector errs". The Daily Star. 27 July 2003. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  3. Christensen, Joseph; Tull, Malcolm (2014). Historical Perspectives of Fisheries Exploitation in the Indo-Pacific. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 124. ISBN 9789401787277.
  4. "28 on Cox's Bazar land grabbers' list". The Daily Star. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  5. "Two ex-lawmakers, Bangla cop jailed on graft charges". Outlook India. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  6. "Ex-BNP MP Farid arrested, Abu Zafar sent to jail". The Daily Star. 14 May 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  7. "ACC set to sue Saifur's younger son for illegal wealth". The Daily Star. 29 April 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2018.


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