Saiful Islam Hiru | |
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Disappeared | 27 November 2013 |
Status | Missing for 10 years, 7 months and 8 days |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 1988–1991 | |
Preceded by | Rafiqul Hossain |
Succeeded by | ATM Alamgir |
Personal details | |
Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Saiful Islam Hiru is a Bangladeshi politician from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a former Member of Parliament.
Saiful Islam Hiru was elected to Parliament from Comilla-10 in 1988 representing Laksham. [1] He is the president of Laksham Upazila unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [2]
On 27 November 2013,Saiful Islam Hiru and fellow BNP politician Humayun Kabir Parvez were travelling from Laksham to Comilla on an ambulance when they disappeared. Tareque Sayeed,commanding officer of Rapid Action Battalion-11 was mentioned in the case filed by Hiru's relatives. Tareque would be arrested and sentenced to death in the Narayanganj Seven Murder case. [3] [2]
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