Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid

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

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

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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]

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References

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  2. ↑ "JS body to review power sector errs". The Daily Star. 27 July 2003. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. 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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