Fahmi Gulandaz Babel

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Fahmi Gulandaz Babel
ফাহমি গোলন্দাজ বাবেল
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Mymensingh-10
In office
30 January 2014 –6 August 2024

Fahmi Gulandaz Babel (born 9 September 1976) [1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Mymensingh-10 constituency from where his father was elected 3 times.

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Early life

Babel was born 23 June 1976 in Mymensingh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (now in Mymensingh Division) to former Awami League MP Altaf Hossain Golandaz and Mahmuda Anam. [1] [2] He had a brother, Fuad Golandaz Joglu and has a sister Anjum Golandaz. [2]

Career

Babel was elected to Parliament in 2014 from Mymensingh-10 as an Awami League candidate. [3] He is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Textile and Jute. [4] In 2018 he was made a member of the executive committee of Bangladesh Awami League in Mymensingh District. [5] He has been accused of torturing politicians in his constituency, including members of his own party. [6]

Babel was re-elected from Mymensingh-10 in 2018 and in 2024 as a candidate of Awami League. [7]

On 16 January 2025, Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh filed two cases against Babel and his wife Sharmeen Gulandaz for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 20.11 crore and engaging in suspicious transactions worth Tk 60.98 crore through 16 bank accounts and USD 1.71 lakh. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Member profile". Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Member of the Parliament accused of torturing wife for dowry". sos-arsenic.net. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Fahmi Gulandaz Babel History". Amarmp. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "JS body for new law to bring dynamism in JDPC". Bangladesh Post. 11 October 2018. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Two AL M'singh committees approved". Daily Sun. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "AL picks 'controversial' MPs again". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Constituency 155_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "ACC files cases against former MP Fahmi Gulandaz Babel, his wife". BSS. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
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